EDF building solar park at closed nuclear plant in France
EDF Renouvelables expects to switch on a solar array at a nuclear plant in France in early 2023. It will rely on 22,000 solar modules. The Creys-Malville nuclear plant, which was shut down in 1997, is set to be dismantled by 2024.
France publishes second-quarter FITs for PV systems up to 500 kW
France has increased feed-in tariffs for all PV system categories, ranging from €181.40 ($190.90)/MWh for installations below 3 kW in size to €96.90/MWh for arrays ranging in capacity from 36 kW to 100 kW.
France defines standards for agrivoltaics
France’s environmental agency Ademe has released a set of new guidelines that clearly define “agrivoltaics.”
France concludes C&I rooftop PV tender with average price of €0.08527/kWh
The French authorities have allocated 122.1 MW of solar power in the country’s latest procurement exercise for commercial and industrial PV.
France lowers grid fee for solar up to 500 kW, heat pumps
According to the new provisions introduced by the French government, owners of PV systems with a capacity of up to 500 kW will pay a grid fee that is 40% of the current rate. As for heat pumps, their owners will pay only 20% of the fee.
France provides incentives to landscape-integrated BIPV
The French authorities have so far selected four BIPV products that are eligible for the incentive scheme.
France’s tender for utility scale solar concludes with final average price of $0.06499/kWh
The procurement exercise’s final average price is 7% higher than that of the previous tender of the same kind. Around 704.9MW of PV capacity was allocated by the French authorities.
French start-up aims to set up 5GW PV module factory
Thanks to a funding round that will be carried out by the end of the year, French start-up Carbon aims to open its first production site in France in 2025. pv magazine spoke with Pascal Richard, one of its founders, about the timeline for the project.
Official statistics say France deployed 2.8GW of PV in 2021
The new numbers show France deployed around 100MW more solar power than previously estimated by French renewable energy association the SER.
French rail operator launches tender for 156 PV carports
French state-owned railway operator SNCF plans to install 1.1 million square meters of solar modules at its train stations by 2030. Developers interested in its new solar carport tender have until April 15 to submit their project proposals.
