Paris Region, the best place to get into the European & French photovoltaic market.

1. Your Project in the Paris Region
Paris Region Welcomes Photovoltaic Players

2. Paris Region,
the best place to get into the European & French photovoltaic market
European countries Visit networking events in
accounted for 80% of world demand in 2010 the Paris Region
The Paris Region, an excellent transport network to Europe
France offers one of the most competitive Feed-in Tariffs
58 cents/KWh FIT for residential BIPV project
Tax credit and reduced VAT for residential customers
Goal 5.4 GW in 2020
Meet French companies
Paris Regional authority’s support PV projects & professional
€750 to €2250 grant for home installations
financial support for up to 25% for public buildings
organizations based
in the Paris Region
Take on opportunities with Industry leaders choose
more than 207 certified the Paris Region
installers
Team up with more than 20
R&D labs
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3. European countries accounted for 80% of global demand in 2010,
France in 4th position for new installed capacity in Europe
Source: http://www.solarbuzz.com/Marketbuzz2010-intro.htm
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4. Paris Region at the Heart of the Major European Photovoltaic Markets
By plane
14 direct flights daily to & from Düsseldorf
Top 5 European countries in 2010
18 direct flights daily to & from Roma
(new installed capacity)
12 direct flights daily to & from Prague
Over 20 high speed trains daily to & from Brussels
10 direct flights daily to & from Copenhagen
Over 20 direct flights daily to & from Madrid
Over 15 high speed trains & 20 direct flights daily to
& from London
Germany
1st By road
Czech Rep.
3rd France Delivery Delivery
France (Paris) to… Time (in h) Distance (in km)
4th
Italy Germany 4h05 394
2nd Spain 6h31 631
Italy 9h08 860
Spain
5th
Czech Republic 9h20 1,033
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5. The World’s Most Competitive Feed-In Tariff Policy is in France (1/2)
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+ Update 09/2010 in French http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/GrenelleEnvironnement-photovoltaique.pdf
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6. French legislation for photovoltaic
Building Integrated Systems (BIPV) Free field Systems
< 3 kWp 3 kWp < on roof < 250 kWp < 250 kWp > 250 kWp 1
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Paris Region 58 c€/kWh ens 27.60 c€/kWh ens 27.60 – 33.12 c€/kWh
& mainland + tax 51 c€/kWhsu sp 44 c€/kWh 37 c€/kWh us
p (depending solar
p. p .s radition)
reduction
& regional
tem tem
Overseas 35.2 c€/kWh
territories bonus
These feed-in tariff (FIT) :
20-year contract
Yearly tariff indexation based on inflation rate
Tariff guarantee until 2012 then 10% off per annum
Update 24th of February: Prime Minister Announcement regarding the new PV law starting in March
500 MW yearly cap in 2011, 500 to 800 MW yearly cap in 2012
- 20%on the FIT for the residential market
FIT for larger rooftop installations & Free field systems negotiated thanks public tender (case by case)
Source: http://www.gouvernement.fr/premier-ministre/francois-fillon-s-est-exprime-devant-le-conseil-economique-
social-et-environnementa
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7. 973 MW installed in France End 2010
+ 660 MW in 2010
France overseas France Mainland
Source: http://www.enerplan.asso.fr/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1016
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8. 91% of French installations are < 3 kWp on roof,
with more demand for larger installations starting end 2008
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Full reports available online in French
http://www.enr.fr/docs/2010160108_SPV02DveloppementFrancemai2010.pdf
http://www.enr.fr/docs/2010174121_etatdeslieuxPVBD.pdf
http://www.enr.fr/docs/2010101946_Intgrationduphotovoltaqueaurseaulectrique.pdf
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9. Is your product BIPV?
Certify your product using CSTB ATEC, the complete Technical Assessments
General Directives relating to the preparation of applications for
French Scientific and Technical Centre for Technical Assessments available in English
http://www.cstb.fr/fileadmin/documents/telechargements/Procedure_AT_Anglais.pdf
Building delivers:
Pass' Innovation (which leads to a report
comprising a technical analysis of immediate
applicability of the system and possible
recommendations)
Current list http://www.cstb.fr/evaluations/pass-
innovation/familles.html
Technical Assessments (so called “ATec”)
The Pass’ Innovation in 5 points
List of certified PV products:
1. a voluntary initiative.
http://www.batibase.fr/produits/Recherche_guidee.
2. does not replace the ATEC or European Technical Approvals.
asp?code_fam_niv0=19&code_fam=190902
3. a service of CSTB.
4. causes a report comprising a technical analysis of immediate
More information available on
applicability of the system and possible recommendations. It
http://international.cstb.fr/
includes the list of exhibits on which the CSTB’s diagnosis was
based.
Ask the CEIAB 5. is accompanied by a monitoring of the building sites
Price, period of time, period of validity
French official committee for eligibility: • from €8,000 to € 12,000 excl. tax (prices as of 1 June 2008).
Integrated at the Building (IAB) • average period is 3 months after acceptance
Integration at the Building Simplified (IBS) • issued only once for a period of two years. This period must
make it possible to establish feedback, which may give rise to
The installer stats the legal person in charge of the more thorough analysis.
FIT application rate (IAB or IBS). Read more on: http://www.cstb.fr/actualites/english-webzine/anglais/november-
2008/accelerating-innovation-cstb-launches-the-pass-innovation.html
More information available on
http://www.ceiab-pv.fr/
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10. End June 2010, 511 MW installed in France, 422 MW on mainland
Sources: http://www.enr.fr/docs/2010144513_etatdeslieux300620102.pdf
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11. Paris Region, an excellent gateway to the French Regional Markets
thanks to numerous highways, an efficient rail network, flight routes from the French hub
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12. The Paris Region Council supports photovoltaic demand,
with stronger results showing for 2010
3 322 residential installations €8,8 million grants for 114 larger rooftop
have benefited from the €1300 Paris installations (collective, commercial and
Regional Council grant created 5 industrial buildings) representing 35,600 m²
years ago in PV panels (1 MW). Grants cover up to
3000
2 615 25% of the project estimated study cost
2500 (program 147) or/and of the installation cost
(program 148)
2000
60 57
1500
50
1000
40
449 32
500
215 30
2 41
0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 (7 first 20
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In 2011, incentive is now 750€ months)
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Source: http://www.iledefrance.fr/aides-regionales/dossier-importation/aides-a-la- 5 5
production-denergie-a-partir-de-sources-
renouvelables/?search_theme=139&submit_aide_theme=OK 2
0
Some towns (Arc-en-Seine, Hauts- 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 (to
July 2010)
de-Bièvres) have added an extra Source: http://www.iledefrance.fr/aides-regionales/dossier-importation/lectricite-verte-
€500 to the €1500 grant etudes/?search_theme=139&submit_aide_theme=OK&num_depart=1&page_cours=2&cHash=9a59
4d55da et http://www.iledefrance.fr/aides-regionales/dossier-importation/lectricite-verte-
Source: http://www.agglo-gpso.fr/environnement/subvention-energies- travaux/?search_theme=139&submit_aide_theme=OK&num_depart=1&page_cours=2&cHash=9a59
renouvelables 4d55da
http://www.agglo-
hautsdebievre.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70&Itemi
d=87
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13. Paris Region’s PV-Players Confirmed Booming Regional Demand on 9
July 2009 during the Paris Region Agency PV Conference
There has been thriving demand in the Paris
Region especially in the 6 last months:
Sipperec coordinates the demand for 80 cities: 5
PV rooftop installations on public buildings in the
last 2 years, and 3 new ones only this summer.
June 2009: first steps of a 4,000 m2 project at
Orly International Airport
Renault-Nissan (automotible industry) plans for
more than 400,000 m2 of rooftop installations in
Europe, of which 115,000 m2 in the Paris Region
alone
Positive feedback of a farming rooftop installation
based in the Paris Region, where more than half of
the land is devoted to agriculture.
Paris Region R&D players concentrate mainly on
Thin-Film (e.g. IRDEP with EDF and LPICM with
Total) & the integration of BIPV modules (e.g.
Saint-Gobain Labs & the Advancity Cluster) in
comparison with other regions.
Applications for Paris Region Council grants for
rooftop projects in the first semester 2009 doubled
compared with the entire year 2008
Want to know more about networking opportunities? Ask the Paris Region Agency!
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14. Team up with the 207 qualiPV certified installers in the Paris Region
QualiPV is the quality label for photovoltaic installers
has been introduced to ensure quality structures at the
installation level
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100 130 207 installers were recorded in the Paris Region
207
181 88 104 in April 2009 (compared to only 79 FY 2008).
You can find the contacts online http://www.qualit-enr.org/qualipv
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212 112
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5 of the 57 training centers are based in the
83 Paris Region
147 619
- COSTIC - 78471 ST REMY LES CHEVREUSE
- AFORELEC - 75017 PARIS
363 322 588 - CONERGY-CFI-ORLY - 94310 ORLY
434 - PRO FORM TECH - 77380 COMBS LA VILLE
- SCHUCO - 78612 LE PERRAY EN YVELINES
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Database of PV certified installers available online http://www.qualit-enr.org/qualipv
Figures 02/10/09
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15. Paris Region’s R&D Mainly Focused on Thin Film and Modules Integration
Private labs
CNRS labs
CEA labs
LPICM is a joint research team from
the Department of Science and
Technology of Information and
Communication (STIC) of the CNRS,
the Ecole Polytechnique & Total
http://www.lpicm.polytechnique.fr
IRDEP is a mixed research
organization gathering 35
researchers from EDF/CNRS/
ENSCP. Its field of expertise is CIS
thin film technology (CISEL project).
It is based at the EDF R&D platform
of Chatou in the Paris region.
http://www.enscp.fr/spip.php?article
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Source: 27/09/09 J-C Muller - Ingénieur de recherches, membre du Programme Energie du CNRS
Want to know more about R&D labs in the Paris Region? Ask the Paris Region Agency!
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16. Team up with French PV companies and labs
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17. Team up with Paris Region’s SMEs, such as
Solems, Paris Region based manufacturer in the photovoltaic sector
Is a small high-tech company
located near Paris, in Palaiseau,
near Orsay University and Ecole
Polytechnique
It produces solar cells, photovoltaic
modules and systems, thin-film
silicon solar energy products
It designs photovoltaic systems
Its Customer Base includes:
Electronic and Electric Original
Equipment Manufacturers (OEM),
installers, professional users such
as ALCATEL, Gaz de France,
SCHNEIDER Electric, Autoroutes
du Sud de la France, Institut de la
Recherche Agronomique,
HORNELL International (3M Group),
SWATCH Group,…
Source: http://www.solems.com/
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18. International PV Players set up French Headquarters in the Paris Region
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19. They choose the Paris Region
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20. Interested in the Photovoltaic Market?
The Paris Region Economic Development Agency is here to help!
WE ADVISE & ASSIST COMPANIES that are looking
to START, EXPAND OR RELOCATE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN THE PARIS REGION
We provide you a tailored analysis of the region: economic outlook & where to locate
We help you through the entire process of setting up: to opening day and beyond.
Our answers to your business location needs
Finding office space Getting into the market
Offices, warehouses, sites, etc. Our answers Information on your business sector
Costs of purchasing and renting to your Meeting arrangements
Guiding you through site visits business location Access to public partners
Occasional use of our offices needs: PR services
Recruiting Setting up
Recruiting local personnel Legal advice
Supporting your expatriates Fiscal information
Information on labor contracts Financing / subsidies
& mandatory Health Benefits issues Providing contacts
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21. The Paris Region Economic Development Agency is here to help!
Make the most of your business trip to the Paris Region!
Allow us to organize efficient one day tours
- meet potential partners
- choose the locations you want to visit
- manage your recruitment process
Or meet us during international events :
Send your request to Vincent ROUMEAS
Environmental Technologies
& Services Director
Paris Region Development Agency
Mail: vroumeas@paris-region.com
Phone : +33 (0) 1 58 18 69 23
Visit our website
www.paris-region.com/cleantech
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