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Observ’ER’s annual report shows that France’s small-scale solar market slowed sharply in 2025 after eight consecutive years of growth. Sales volumes for systems below 3kW fell 45.4% YoY to 153.25MW, while the 3kW to 9kW segment dropped 17.6% from 685MW to 564.1MW. Observ’ER attributed the decline mainly to regulatory changes introduced in 2025. Since March, 0-9kW systems have no longer been allowed to sell their full output to EDF OA and can only sell surplus electricity, while the surplus feed-in tariff fell from EUR 0.12/kWh to EUR 0.01/kWh. Self-consumption incentives were also reduced. SMM believes the rapid shift toward self-consumption has weakened short-term project economics for France’s residential PV market, making storage and higher self-consumption rates increasingly important for future demand recovery.

New-type energy storage projects, once included in the database, shall commence substantive construction within 6 months and achieve grid connection within 12 months. Projects adjusted out of the database and re-entered must have obtained an immovable property ownership certificate and commenced substantive construction, and shall achieve grid connection within 6 months. Any project in the database that fails to commence substantive construction within 6 months or fails to achieve grid connection within 12 months without applying for an extension shall be adjusted out of the database.