Photovoltaic in: France – an overiew
Country: France Area: 668,763 km² Population: 65.4 Million Language: French Government: Republic Electricity Consumption: 425. 655 GWh/Year Electricity Export: 56.570 GWh/year Percentage Renewable Energy: 13.3% Percentage Photovoltaic: 1% Installed Photovoltaic Output: 3.6 GW Solar Irradiation: 900kWh/m² bis 1,600 kWh/m² [caption id="attachment_10286" align="alignleft" width="300"] iStockphoto.com©Gyula Gyukli[/caption] Electricity and PV in France France is known in Germany as „Atomland” (over 75% Nuclear powered). Although at 13.3% they are similar to Italy in their percentage of electricity sourced from renewables, in light of their high export of energy (above all nuclear), these numbers are relative. Photovoltaic is still skeptically received in France by...