France is among the many high nations for vital development in photo voltaic vitality era in recent times, and that continued within the third quarter. The Ministry of Ecological Transition has shared the newest knowledge from its third-quarter (Q3) 2024 photo voltaic photovoltaic vitality dashboard.
“As of September 30, 2024, (power from solar PV parks) reached 23.7 GW. During the first three quarters of 2024, an additional 3.5 GW were connected, compared to 2.3 GW during the same period in 2023. Electricity production from photovoltaic solar sources amounts to 21.1 TWh during the first three quarters of 2024, up 9% compared to the same period in 2023. It represents, excluding self-consumption, 6.2% of French electricity consumption over this period,” the Ministry of Ecological Transition writes.
The picturesque south of France leads because the area with the best put in capacities. The Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie, and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes areas accounted for 48% of the territory’s newly related energy in the course of the first three quarters of 2024. These areas at present have the most important put in capacities, accounting for 52% of France’s complete solar energy within the third quarter of 2024. The Nouvelle-Aquitaine offers plenty of encouragement to all builders, together with farmers, reminiscent of offering info reminiscent of agrivoltaic feasibility assessments.
The Ministry of Ecological Transition continues on the evolution of photo voltaic photovoltaic park installations within the nation. “As of September 30, 2024, the (power capacity of photovoltaic solar parks) reached 23.7 GW, including 22.9 GW in mainland France. The newly connected power is 3.5 GW over the first three quarters of 2024, compared to 2.3 GW over the same period in 2023. A third (34%) of the new connected power corresponds to installations of more than 500 kW, which represent only 0.1% of the number of new connections. Smaller installations, less than 9 kW, represent 92% of the number of newly connected units and 20% of the new power. The power of projects in the queue has increased by 68% since the last quarter of 2023 to reach 37.6 GW, including 11.2 GW with a signed connection agreement.”
That lined energy capability. What about photovoltaic photo voltaic electrical energy manufacturing? That amounted to 21.1 TWh within the third quarter of 2024, up from 19.4 TWh over the identical interval in 2023. Excluding self-consumption, photo voltaic electrical energy manufacturing represented 6.2% of French electrical energy consumption for the primary three quarters of 2024. This share is 0.5 share factors larger than the share of photo voltaic manufacturing in French electrical energy consumption within the first three quarters of 2023.
Under is a visible illustration of the place solar energy is put in in France (how a lot in every area).
Photo voltaic PV Self-Consumption
“In the third quarter of 2024, 56.4% of photovoltaic installations (13.8% of installed capacity) produce electricity that is fully or partially self-consumed. The share of these installations increases in number by 2.8 points and in power by 1.1 points compared to the previous quarter. In the third quarter of 2024, 579 GWh of photovoltaic electricity was self-consumed by producers, or 6.4% of the quarter’s photovoltaic production. Installations in total self-consumption produced 130 GWh, or 23% of the total self-consumed. They represent 17% of the metropolitan self-consumption fleet and 10% oMf the total metropolitan fleet.”
As a closing word, the outcomes of the quarter are nonetheless provisional. They’re prone to be revised, most frequently upwardswithin the following quarters. As you possibly can see under, the yellow bars point out preliminary estimates, and the brown ones point out closing values.
