The European Commission has approved four schemes to support electricity production from onshore wind and solar on buildings and on the ground in France under EU state aid rules. The schemes will...
Biogas production has risen quickly in France, but plans to abolish feed-in tariffs in favour of auctions could put the brakes on its continued growth.
6 gas engines are now producing green power in Northern France, on four sites in Lens, Lourches, Avion and Divion for a total installed capacity of 9 MW. This electricity production is sold under a...
France has provisionally set the feed-in tariff for floating offshore wind at €240 per megawatt hour for the country’s first four 24MW installations.
The EC noted that only small installations of less than 500 kW will remain eligible for the "feed-in-tariff" while other installations will receive support in the form of the "top-up payment" system....
The Commission found that the French scheme promotes the integration of electricity produced by combined heat and power plants into the market, in line with the Guidelines.
Reuters has reported that China Group Nuclear (CGN) will put its investment in Bordeaux-based renewables installer Inovia Concept Development with the aim of installing around 1GW of solar on...
Onshore wind will keep its current feed-in tariff support while offshore projects and photovoltaics (PV) will compete at auctions.
The feed-in tariff for electricity produced by cogeneration installations running on biogas will be raised for both new and existing installations with a ministerial decree.
SolarWorld AG has developed a new roof-integrated PV system for the French market that allows customers to receive France’s maximum feed-in tariff of €27.37 cents/kWh (US$34.64 cents/kWh).
In a rebuff to French anti-wind energy activists, the French government has re-instituted feed-in tariffs for wind energy. The tariffs for new projects were suspended following an EU decision on the...[more]
In a potentially far-reaching decision, the European Commission has decided that the French system of feed-in tariffs for wind energy on land is not excluded under prohibitions against “state aid,”...[more]
The European Commission has concluded that a French scheme providing support to the production of electricity from on-shore wind installations is compatible with EU state aid rules. Under the scheme,...
The French energy regulatory commission (CRE) has announced that 120MW of new solar capacity was connected in the country during the final quarter of 2013 and has confirmed the new tariffs for the...
In mid-December, the European Court of Justice ruled that French feed-in tariffs for wind power constitute state aid. The justification seems to revolve around a technicality, but the question is...
Anyway, it is quite clear from the new decision that the PreussenElektra standard still stands. And if the present German system in some way or other leaves the area of “purchase by means of their...
The Ministry for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, eventually published in April the long awaited order providing a feed-in tariff for electricity produced by wind turbines with storage in...
Projects which will add 1,150 MW of capacity are expected to be completed this year, compared to none last year. Clear evidence surely that feed-in tariffs do what they say they do. . .
The author traces the evolution of feed-in tariffs - the most successful and most widely used support mechanism for renewable electricity - in Germany, Spain and France. He reveals increasing...
Under the French system of Advanced Renewable Tariffs, solar PV projects are limited to no more than 12 MW. See the official documents for a description. Projects cannot be located any closer to...[more]
In a startling development widely reported across Europe in the English-, French-, and German-language press, France imported electricity to meet peak demand during a brutal cold snap February 7,...[more]
Double Per Capita Those in USA--Predominantly Rooftop Distributed Generation[more]
French Socialist Party candidate for President François Hollande says France could cut its dependence on nuclear to 50% by 2025.
negaWatt (nW) "drops a bomb on French energy policy" with detailed plans to substitute conservation and renewables for nuclear power, says the French newspaper.
Wind Nearing 2% of Supply 2010 Solar PV Installations Rival that in USA 1,000 to 1,500 MW of Solar PV for 2011 Overcost Due to Fossil Fuels--Not Renewables[more]
Feed-in Tariffs Saved French Ratepayers Money They Would Have Otherwise Spent[more]
by Cécile Bordier, Caisse des Dépôts, December 2008 This was a report in English by the French Bank, Caisse des Dépôts, that included the "overcost" from the French system of Advanced Renewable...[more]
Solar Advocates Warn of Overheating French PV Market[more]
Two excellent documents have been released by the Association négaWatt in France. These reflect on the electricity crisis in France during the cold spell just prior to Christmas, 2009 caused by...[more]
Design Elements of Feed-in Tariffs: Spain, Germany, France and Ontario
Also To Introduce First Solar Tariffs Differentiated by Insolation[more]
French law acknowledging the 23% renewable target and specifically lists a target for wind energy of 25,000 MW, and for Solar PV of 5,300 MW by 2020. These targets are so high that analysts consider...
Because of Bernard Chabot's work in North America describing a simple method for calculating the appropriate tariffs to use in a system of feed-in tariffs and because Monsieur Chabot does not...[more]
France will have to submit a detailed plan by June 2010 for how it plans to meet its EU renewable targets.
The French Minister for Energy and the Environment announced Monday that the government was launching an aggressive new program to propel the country to the forefront of solar energy...[more]
On Friday, June 27, 2008, French solar industry representatives and the European Photovoltaic Industry Association called for France to increase the feed-in tariffs for solar PV. They also called...[more]
Renewable Tariffs in Germany, France, and Spain are derived from the cost of generation plus a "reasonable profit". This is quite similar to the concept of "cost recovery" that had been used in...[more]
In a major breakthrough, the announcement doubles payment for solar energy and biogas, putting France on a par with Germany. By Paul Gipe The French Ministry for Industry, Finance, and Economics...[more]
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This page can be found at the LegiFrance web site http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/html/frame_jo.html for the date shown. For images of the formulas and tables, download the Frenchfeedlaw.tif...[more]
