The country’s cumulative installed PV capacity stood at 29.7 GW at the end of September.
France deployed 4,445 MW of solar energy in the first three quarters of this year, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Ecological Transition. This compares to 3,735 in the same period of 2024 and 2,408 MW in the first nine months of 2023.
In the third quarter alone, new installed capacity amounted to 1,533 MW, compared to 1,463 MW a year earlier.
The country’s cumulative installed PV capacity stood at 29.7 GW at the end of September.
Nearly a third of the newly connected photovoltaic capacity in France comes from installations larger than 500 kW, even though these projects represent only 0.2% of the total number of new connections. In contrast, smaller systems under 9 kW account for 86% of new units, but only 13% of added capacity.
The regions of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes contributed 46% of the country’s new connected capacity. These regions also have the largest share of France’s total installed capacity, with 51% of the national total.
Pipeline projects continue to grow, with capacity increasing 15% since the fourth quarter of 2024 to 36.9 GW. Of these, 8.4 GW has secured signed connection agreements.
In the third quarter of 2025, its own photovoltaic consumption amounted to 1,173 GWh, equivalent to 10% of the total PV production in the quarter. Completely self-consumed installations generated 255 GWh, which amounts to 22% of all self-consumed PV electricity. These installations account for 13% of the self-consumption capacity of metropolitan France and 8% of the total installed capacity.
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