France concludes C&I rooftop PV tender with average price of €0.08312/kWh

The French authorities have allocated 157MW of solar power in the country’s latest procurement exercise, with an average final price of €0.08312/kWh.

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France’s Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition has announced the winners of its first round of tenders for commercial and industrial rooftop PV systems for the 2021-26 period, with generation capacities exceeding 500kW.

The French authorities allocated 157MW of solar power through the procurement exercise across 52 projects at an average final price of €0.08312/kWh.

Technique Solaire secured the largest share with 12 projects totaling 53.45 MW. Its biggest project is a 7.9 MW power plant in Lot-et-Garonne department. It is followed by Urbasolar, with seven projects with an aggregate capacity of 40.7 MW. Its largest plant is a 12.8 MWp facility in Oise, in Hauts-de-France department.

In geographical terms, the classic distribution is confirmed, with New Aquitaine in the lead (13 projects), just ahead of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Occitanie, tied with 11 projects each.

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In the last procurement exercise – the 12th and final round of the previous scheme – the final average prices for the two categories were €87.23/MWh. However, the tender was open to projects ranging in size from 500kW to 8MW.

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