{"id":58114,"date":"2021-02-14T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T07:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vpsolar.com\/?p=58114"},"modified":"2021-12-20T14:23:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T13:23:53","slug":"france-photovoltaic-and-storage-current-situation-and-growth-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vpsolar.com\/en\/france-photovoltaic-and-storage-current-situation-and-growth-prospects\/","title":{"rendered":"France photovoltaic and storage: current situation and growth prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>France is the second largest economy in Europe and thanks to the very high number of nuclear power plants, the average <strong>purchase price of electricity from the grid is among the lowest in Europe<\/strong>, amounting to approximately \u20ac 0.18 \/ kWh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photovoltaic<\/strong> installations are supported by an <strong>feed-in tariff incentive<\/strong> that rewards the energy fed into the grid by <strong>plants up to 100 kWp for a period time of 20 years<\/strong>. At the moment there are no signs for the disposal of this government support.<\/p>\n<h2>Low price of electricity, an obstacle to storage systems<\/h2>\n<p>Unfortunately, the low price of electricity is one of the major obstacles to the installation of storage systems that are usually of medium-small capacity, and only attract users who are attentive to technology and the environment.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>residential storage market is stagnant<\/strong>, with approximately 3.500 installations in both 2018 and 2019 for a total of 14 MWh. For the SolarPower Europe low scenario of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vpsolar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/European-Market-Outlook-For-Residential-Battery-Storage-2020-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">European Market Outlook For Residential Battery Storage 2020-2024<\/a>, it will be possible to double the installed capacity only in 2024 with about 31 MWh.<\/p>\n<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=&#8221;European Market Outlook For Residential Battery Storage 2020-2024 SolarPower Europe &#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-download&#8221; button_block=&#8221;true&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vpsolar.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F11%2FEuropean-Market-Outlook-For-Residential-Battery-Storage-2020-2024.pdf|target:_blank&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Storage systems for the residential<\/h2>\n<p>VP Solar has created 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