France put in round 3.32 GW of recent PV methods within the first 9 months of 2024.

November 1, 2024
Gwénaëlle Deboutte

From pv journal France

France deployed round 1,351 MW of recent photo voltaic capability within the third quarter of 2024, in line with new figures from French grid operator Enedis.

The nation put in 3,328 MW of recent photo voltaic capability within the first 9 months of 2023, up from 3,135 MW throughout the identical interval final yr.

Progress was significantly robust within the business rooftop section, with small companies boosting installations from 318 MW on the finish of the primary quarter to 547 MW by the third quarter – a 72% enhance.

Enedis mentioned it has now related greater than 1 million renewable power installations to the electrical energy grid, most of that are PV methods. It related 56,504 installations within the first quarter, 63,757 within the second, and 64,448 within the third.

“This spectacular enhance is defined specifically by the rising enthusiasm for self-consumption, primarily amongst people and small professionals,” mentioned Enedis. “It has greater than tripled in two years to exceed 610,000 self-consumers, attracted by native electrical energy manufacturing.”

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