France urges the healthy development of solar photovoltaic industry

A few days ago, the plan for subsidizing on-grid photovoltaic power generation in France finally settled. According to the new plan, in the future, the French government will adopt a method of total control and unified subsidy price standards for its photovoltaic solar energy industry to ensure the healthy development of the industry.

Solar photovoltaic power generation system is a new type of power generation system that uses photovoltaic effect to directly convert solar radiation energy into electrical energy. As early as 2007, the photovoltaic solar power industry in France began to develop rapidly. In just two years, the total electricity storage capacity of French solar power facilities doubled. By 2009, France has become the seventh largest solar power generation country in the world. Of course, this is primarily due to the reduction in the cost of solar power equipment components, but more importantly, the French government has taken solar power as an important part of its energy strategy and has increased its support in policy, finance, and taxation. For example, installing a 15-m2 rooftop solar panel in France costs about 10,000 euros. If it works well and does not consider factors such as uneven lighting brought about by geographical differences, then the annual revenue from the sale of electricity to the French electricity company is approximately 5,300 euros, and the government will also give a quarter of tax breaks for each family. Obviously, this is attractive for people using solar power.

However, the development of the French photovoltaic industry also followed a growing speculative bubble. Therefore, at the end of 2010, the French government announced that it would freeze all residential solar energy systems exceeding 3,000 watts and suspend the construction of some domestic photovoltaic power plant projects. At the same time, however, the French government has always maintained frequent communication with the industry, trying to find a new program acceptable to all parties in order to promote the healthy development of photovoltaic solar energy industry.

Specifically, the new “new” photovoltaic power generation plan announced this time is mainly reflected in two aspects: First, the French government has stipulated an annual cap for the installed capacity of new photovoltaic power plants, which in principle does not exceed 500 megawatts per year; It is all photovoltaic solar power systems installed on the ground, whether it is civilian or commercial, they have received electricity subsidy of 0.12 euros per kilowatt-hour.

Some analysts pointed out that the French government has firmly grasped the scale and speed of the development of the photovoltaic industry by regulating the annual installation of photovoltaic power plants and the ceiling of electricity price subsidies. In particular, the French government has limited the annual installation of photovoltaic power stations to 500 megawatts, which has a significant constraint on related companies. Although the total annual installed capacity of 500 MW is difficult to meet the needs of the development of the French photovoltaic industry, this rigid index can ensure that the development of the photovoltaic industry remains at a steady and healthy level and there will be no ups and downs.

On the other hand, the French government's unified subsidy price standard is intended to balance the installation speed of large-scale commercial photovoltaic power stations and small-scale residential rooftop photovoltaic power generation equipment. In general, the on-grid tariff subsidy enjoyed by residential roof photovoltaic power generation projects and commercial photovoltaic power generation stations is different. The same subsidy granted by the French government will help investors to select the construction of photovoltaic power stations and their power generation methods according to actual conditions. This is of great significance to improving the efficiency of the use of photovoltaic power generation systems.

Analysts also pointed out that the introduction of the new plan will play an important role in boosting the European photovoltaic solar market. However, judging from the future application of solar power generation, apart from the government’s large-scale subsidies and support, whether it can continue to improve the conversion efficiency and service life of solar cells and thus reduce the cost of power generation still determines whether it can go better and more in the future. Far from the key factors. Therefore, if France wants to create a new situation for the healthy development of the photovoltaic solar energy industry, it needs to continuously explore the technology.

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