France’s cumulative solar capacity reaches 33 GW after 1.5 GW first-quarter additions

New additions were led by larger systems in capacity terms, while sub-9 kW installations represented most new connection counts. Metropolitan solar production reached 6.6 TWh in the quarter, and output excluding self-consumption covered 4.6% of electricity demand. Self-consumption also continued to rise, with 62% of PV installations and 19% of installed capacity producing electricity that was fully or partially self-consumed.