2010 French Tariffs Raise Price for Solar, Geothermal and Biomass
France has introduced new feed-in tariffs for 2010. These include substantially higher geothermal, biomass, and building integrated solar PV tariffs than in 2009. Media reports of the new solar PV tariffs have overshadowed the significantly higher tariffs for geothermal-electricity generation, and for biomass. Sex sells, and solar PV remains "sexier" than humdrum geothermal power plants and downright old school biomass plants.
Tariffs for wind energy have remained unchanged since 2006 except for increases due to inflation.
In
an odd twist, English-language media is widely reporting a "24% cut" in
French solar PV tariffs while French sources are warning that some of
the tariffs have been raised too high.
