France allocates 172.9 MW of solar capacity at average price of $0.09/kWh – pv magazine International

From pv journal in France

The French Ministry of the Ecological Transition has printed the outcomes of a young for brand spanking new PV applied sciences underneath the nation’s new PPE2 tendering mechanism, which was launched in late 2021.

The authorities allotted 172.9 MW of solar energy within the procurement train. Initially they deliberate to assign solely 140 MW, together with 60 MW in ground-mounted installations from 500 kW to three MW, and 80 MW in rooftop initiatives with a capability from 100 kW to three MW.

The second class contains agrivoltaics, photo voltaic carports, and different modern rooftop arrays. In whole, the ministry chosen 66 initiatives, together with 30 for the primary class (about 80 MW) and 36 for the second (about 92 MW).

The French consultancy Finergreen says that Urbasolar leads the full variety of initiatives, with 14 modern PV crops on land, or 40.1 MW of capability. With 12 initiatives within the 2nd class, for 32.9 MW, Solar’R / Rgreen is in second place. TotalEnergies Renouvelables has 6 MW, adopted by Corsica Sole with 15 MW, Iberdrola with 12 MW, Générale du Solaire with 11 MW, and Method Solaire with 7.4 MW. Eleven builders have additionally bagged roughly 6 MW initiatives.

The listing contains many 3 MW initiatives. Finergreen stated that “the typical dimension of the initiatives is 2.6 MW and that, surprisingly, it’s comparable within the two acceptable classes.” It additionally famous that the typical allotted tariff of €0.08446 ($0.090)/kWh is decrease than the utmost tariff set by the French regulator of €0.120/kWh and €0.15/kWh.