France’s solar PV capacity exceeds 7 GW, but there is a steep drop in new installations

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France reached a cumulative installed solar PV capacity of 7,134 MW by the end of last year. New installations, however, dropped by 62%.

The statistics are provided by the French Ministry of the Environment, Energy and the Sea. In 2015 17,822 PV systems with a capacity of 894 MW were connected to...