The French Transitional Ministry of Ecology and Solidarity announced the results of the 13th round of tenders for 324 MW of commercial and industrial rooftop solar power generation capacity. The capacity of these systems is between 100 kilowatts and 8 megawatts. The Ministry has allocated 211 megawatts of rooftop solar mounting bracket power for category A projects, ranging from 100 kilowatts to 500 kilowatts. The tender found that the average electricity price for Type A projects was 87.25 Euros (approximately US$98.86)/MWh.

For the capacity of 500 kilowatts to 8 megawatts, the category B roof project won the bid for about 113 megawatts. The tenderee found that the average electricity price of a Type B roof project was 76.66 Euros (approximately US$86.86)/MWh.

According to data released by the French Data and Statistical Research Department, France installed 2,034 megawatts of solar film clamp power in the first nine months (9 million), an increase of 167% from the 761 megawatts installed in the same period last year (year-on-year).

The ministry said that the 900 2021 facilities are mainly concentrated in the southern half of the French mainland. As of the end of September 2021, France has accumulated 13.2 kilowatts of solar power plants.

Of the 13.2 GW of solar power generation capacity, 12.58 GW of solar power generation capacity is located in mainland France. Nouvelle Aquitaine has a maximum capacity of 3.16 GW. Occitanie and Auvergne Rhäne Alpes have installed solar capacity of 2.58 GW and 1.44 GW, respectively.

In 9 million by 2021, France's solar power generation capacity reached 12.5 trillion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 9% year-on-year. It accounts for 3.7% of total electricity consumption in France.

In August 2021, the European Commission approved a €5.7 billion (US$6.7 billion) aid program to support renewable energy generation from small solar installations in buildings located in France. This measure is expected to help the country achieve its 2030 goal of using renewable energy to produce 33% of its energy needs and help achieve Europe’s goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050.

Last year, France selected 100 solar and wind energy projects in an auction, with a cumulative power generation of 600 megawatts. The government has selected 45 ground-based solar end clamp projects with a cumulative installed capacity of 332 megawatts. The average electricity price of the selected projects was 57.4 Euros (approximately US$68.10)/MWh, a decrease of 7.4% compared with the previous auction. It also selected 31 self-use solar projects with a total capacity of 9 MW. The average electricity price of these projects is 13.8 Euros (about 16.36 USD)/MWh, which is a 14% drop compared to the previous auction.