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Photovoltaic energy in France

Evolution of photovoltaic electricity production

The proportion of photovoltaic in the French energy market started to grow strongly from 2009, reaching 13.6TWh in 2020, with an overall efficiency of 15 to 19% of the installed capacity.
Self-consumption has also developed to reach 116 GWh in 2019.

The strongest development for the photovoltaic market in France was in 2011, with an addition of about 1700MW (15TWh) of capacity to the existing park. Since 2017 this capacity increase has stabilized around 900MW (7.8TWh).

In 2020, photovoltaic energy held the 7th position in the consumption of renewable energy, representing 4.1% of renewable energy and 2.5% of total energy produced in France.

Distribution of the photovoltaic park

Photovoltaic installations with a power of less than 3KW represented 69% of the park for 9% of the electrical capacity, while stations with a power of more than 250 KW represented 1% of the French photovoltaic park for 53% of the production.

New Aquitaine is the leading French producer of photovoltaic energy with 2455MW of capacity, followed by Occitania (2017 MW) and the PACA region (1334 MW).

Bretagne

236 MW

Normandie

178 MW

Hauts-de-France

164 MW

Grande Alsace

541 MW

Ile-de-France

123 MW

Pays de la Loire

557 MW

Nouvelle Aquitaine

2455 MW

Centre - Val de Loire

317 MW

Bourgogne - Franche-Comté

294 MW

Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes

1069 MW

Occitanie

2017 MW

Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur

1334 MW

Corse

225 GWh

Bretagne

251 GWh

Normandie

180GWh

Hauts-de-France

131 GWh

Grande Alsace

999 GWh

Ile-de-France

166 GWh

Pays de la Loire

616 GWh

Nouvelle Aquitaine

3311 GWh

Centre - Val de Loire

349 GWh

Bourgogne - Franche-Comté

367 GWh

Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes

1251 GWh

Occitanie

2581 GWh

Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur

1920 GWh

Corse

225 GWh

Photovoltaics in the world

Between 2018 and 2019, the global PV installed base grew by 12% to reach a total of 627 GW for 2.1% of global electricity generation shares.

In 2018 China was the world's largest producer of photovoltaic electricity with 176.9 TWh, or 32% of global production. Followed by the USA (81.2 TWh) and Japan (62.6 TWh). France remained in the top 10 with 10.5 TWh.
The share of photovoltaics in electricity production was 2.1%. It is worth noting the exceptional share of photovoltaic energy in Germany and Italy, where it exceeds 7% of the national production.

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