Solar photovoltaic energy in France
In 2023, the PV energy capacity in France amounted to approximately 20.5 gigawatts, making France the fifth European country
In 2023, the PV energy capacity in France amounted to approximately 20.5 gigawatts, making France the fifth European country
Solar PV installations in France started being substantial only from around 2008. Between 2009 and 2011 PV capacity grew almost tenfold, from a relatively low level.
Métropole de Lyon, the local government, is aiming for a tenfold multiplication of solar use on its territory by 2030. Lyon''s hotbed for solar is La Confluence, the neighbourhood
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In 2023, the PV energy capacity in France amounted to approximately 20.5 gigawatts, making France the fifth European country for cumulative PV capacity that year.
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Métropole de Lyon, the local government, is aiming for a tenfold multiplication of solar use on its territory by 2030. Lyon''s hotbed
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According to a report on behalf of the European Commission by 2020 France would have an estimated 1,484 MW of residential solar PV capacity with 458,000 residential solar PV prosumers in the country representing 1.6% of households. The average size of residential solar PV systems is estimated to be 3.24 kW moving to 2030.
The neighbourhood has more than 40 solar installations, says Bruno Gaiddon of Hespul, an association specialising in renewable energies, which advises Lyon Confluence. He adds, “This neighbourhood is a kind of laboratory for what will be generated in France in future.”
He only has to use electricity from the grid when there’s no solar available — chiefly at night. Diab spent €17,000 having the panels installed. The sum was unusually high partly because his house is so big: the average cost of home installation in France is about €10,000, without a storage battery.
Solar panels have so far been installed in only about 600,000 French homes, or less than 2 per cent of the country’s housing stock. However, the market is growing fast. The boom is helping answer two questions currently resonating well beyond France: what kind of homes are best suited to solar?