France has actually breached the 10 GW solar obstacle

• The 182 MW of brand-new solar capability mounted in the initial quarter of the year took the country to a total 10,072 MW, according to the Ministry of Energy's Department of Data and also Statistical Studies.

France surpassed 10 GW of grid-connected solar generation capacity in the first 3 months of the year, after installing virtually 7,000 new solar parks, most of them in the bright south of the country, according to the French Ministry of Energy's Department of Information as well as Statistical Studies (SDES).

The country's grid-connected PV capacity reached 10.1 GW at the end of March after 182 MW of solar was attached in the initial quarter.

PV power generation in the period totaled up to 2.3 TWh, a boost of 3% compared to the same home window in 2019, according to the SDES numbers, as solar energy accounted for 1.7% of French electrical power intake in the first three months.

France included 6,933 new setups in the initial quarter, with the 182 MW included a yearly surge of 7%, the SDES reported. The extra solar plants pressed total ability in the nation to 10,072 MW, up from 9,892 MW at the end of in 2015.

The first quarter of last year brought 6,994 new installations with an incorporated ability of 170 MW.

The new links this year were mainly focused in the southern areas of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie as well as Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, which in between them provided 122 MW of the new generation capability.