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Another record year for French PV

France is set to record another landmark year for new solar, and the EnerGaïa trade show is going from strength to strength. So why isn’t energy storage making the same inroads?

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Emiliano Bellini, Gwénaëlle Deboutte

03 Dec 2024

In 2023, some 17,000 people and 448 exhibitors attended EnerGaia, with more expected in 2024. | Photo: Cecile Garou

The French solar market has grown exponentially in recent years. In 2023, a record year for new installations was attained, thanks to more than 3 GW of newly deployed generation capacity. The result was a 30% increase from 2022, when around 2.6 GW of solar was added. In 2021, the nation added 2.8 GW of …

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