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 commercial solar energy power system has a capacity between 100 kilowatts and 8 megawatts. The Ministry has allocated 211 megawatts of rooftop solar energy generators for category A projects, ranging from 100 kilowatts to 500 kilowatts. The tender found that the average electricity price of 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.
Of the 13.2 GW of solar electricity generation system capacity, 12.58 GW of solar power generation capacity is located in mainland France. Nouvelle Aquitaine has a maximum capacity of 3.16 GW. The installed solar capacity of Occitanie and Auvergne Rhône Alpes are 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.