From pv magazine France
France's energy regulator, the Commission de Régulation de l'Énergie (CRE), has released the feed-in tariffs (FITs) for rooftop PV installations up to 500 kW in size for the second quarter of 2022.
The new tariff levels were published by French renewable energy association Enerplan.
The FITs are usually lowered quarter by quarter, according to the new capacity for which connection requests were received in the previous three-month period. This quarter, however, the tariffs were increased for all PV system categories, ranging from €181.40 ($190.90)/MWh for installations not exceeding 3 kW in size to €96.90/MWh for arrays ranging in capacity from 36 kW to 100 kW.
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Different tariffs are applied depending on project size and location. The new tariffs went into force on May 1. The tariffs were indexed to inflation. It is possible that the rates could be increased in the coming weeks.
*The article was updated on April 6 to reflect that the new tariff levels were published by French renewable energy association Enerplan.
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In Germany, prosumers to date only receive a FIT of 6.5 ct per kWh for arrays <30 kWp. Is on-site consumption of solar power allowed in France?
In France, on-site production and consumption is allowed and actually supported through financial and fiscal incentives implemented by the state. In particular, there is the “self-consumption bonus”, whose level is defined by the Commission de régulation de l’énergie (CRE) and published at the same time as the feed-in tariffs for PV installations. This quarter it stands at 0.16 ct per Wp for installations between 9 and 36 kWp. In addition, the excess solar production of each PV installation can be sold by prosumers at the tariffs stated above.
Are these rates the guaranteed minimum, so that the surplus sold at the currently much higher market rate like in Sweden, i.e. creating a strong incentive for homeowners/investors to install panels at home or in a solar park?