Solar power in France

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Solar power in France had been growing rapidly with more than 4,000 GWh of generated photovoltaic (PV) electricity every year. In 2013, an additional 613 MW of PV capacity was installed. This is 45 percent less than in the previous year, when 1,115 MW were installed. By the end of March 2015, the cumulative photovoltaic capacity reached almost 5.2 GW, after 223.22 MW was added to the distribution grid in the first quarter of 2015. This makes France the seventh biggest producer of PV electricity in the world, behind Germany, China, Italy, Japan, the United States and Spain.

However, a declining political support for new installations slowed down PV deployment since the record year of 2011, when 1,700 MW had been installed. In its 2014 report "Global Market Outlook for Photovoltaics", the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) not only blames the French government for a lack of support, but also criticizes it for having "hastily freeze or reduce support mechanisms" for further photovoltaic deployment.[1] The EPIA also asserts, that opposition from the conventional energy sector led to a negative image of PV technology in the public opinion. The French solar association SOLER urged the French government for more support and submitted a five-point plan in Spring 2014.[2]

The largest completed solar park is the 115 MW Toul-Rosières Solar Park.[3]

Of the 242,295 installations completed by the end of 2011, 0.2% were over 250 kW, and made up 38.6% of the total. 89.1% were 3 kW or less, and made up 20.3% of the total.[4]


Insolation

The insolation in France ranges from 3 sun hours/day in the north to 5 sun hours/day in the south. The output of a solar array is a function of age, temperature, tilt, shading, tracking, and insolation.

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Photovoltaic installations

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Main articles: Solar power in the European Union and Growth of photovoltaics
Year end Capacity
(MWp)		 Generation
(GWh)		 Ref
2008 104 [9]
2009 289 [9][10]
2010 1,197 677 [10][11]
2011 2,949 2,400 [11][12]
2012 4,060 4,000 [12][1]
2013 4,673 4,660.6 [1]
2014 5,660 5,500 [13][14]
Sources: PV-Barometer, IEA-PVPS and EPIA

Cumulative PV capacity in megawatt-peak (MWp) since 2000

1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
2000
2004
2008
2012

List of photovoltaic power stations

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Further information: Photovoltaic power station
PV capacity in watt-per-capita by region in 2013
  0 - 1 watt
  1 - 10 watts
  10 - 50 watts
  50 - 100 watts
  100 - 200 watts
  200 - 350 watts
  350 - 500 watts
Solar Parks
Name MWp Location Notes
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Les Mées Solar Park[15] 90 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Multiple sections
Crucey Solar Park[16] 60
Massangis Solar Park[17] 56
Châteaudun Solar Park[18] 50 Planned
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List of Owners of Photovoltaic Portfolios in France [19]

Ranking Name Capicity
Installed
in MW
1. Solairedirect 157
2. Aquila Capital 113
3. Capital Stage 90
4. DIF 88
5. Marguerite Fund 72
6. Tenergie 57
7. Sonnedix 56
8. Diamond 56
9. Glennmont 55
10. Enerparc 50


See also

References

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  3. ↑ Marguerite Fund Buys Into France’s Largest Solar Park
  4. ↑ National Survey Report of PV Power Applications in France 2011
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  15. ↑ France launches vast solar panel array
  16. ↑ EDF Energies Nouvelles commissions a 60 MWp solar power plant in Crucey - France
  17. ↑ EDF Energies Nouvelles commissions a 56 MWp solar power plant in Massangis - France
  18. ↑ China's Fire Energy to build 50MW solar plant in France
  19. ↑ Solarplaza: Top 20 PV portfolios in Europe: Who owns what? 18 Sept 2014

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