In the first quarter, France added 546MW of solar PV, a year-on-year increase of 177%;

According to the French Ministry of Energy and the Department of Data and Statistical Research (SDES), in the first quarter of 2021, France added 546 MW of new solar photovoltaic capacity, a year-on-year increase of 177%.

In the first quarter, solar PV accounted for 1.
4% of France's
electricity demand.

By the end of March, France's cumulative grid-connected solar PV capacity reached 11.
53 GW
.

According to statistics, in the first quarter, France added about 13,300 photovoltaic installations, with a total installed capacity of 546 MW
.
Compared to the first quarter of 2020, only 197 megawatts of solar capacity
were added to the grid at that time.

The government noted that the increase was partly due to the connection of larger power plants
.
63% of the total capacity comes from installations
larger than 250 kW.
The New Aquitaine and Occitanie regions had the highest number of new connections, with a total installed capacity of 180 MW and 110 MW
, respectively.