Figure 1: Breakdown of energy sources used in the production of electricity in France 2004 22
Figure 2: Remuneration for PV electricity fed into the grid in France from July 2006 (in Euros) 25
Figure 3: Examples of different types of PV module installation with regard to the BIPV premium 26
Figure 4: Applying for the documentation necessary to receive the feed-in tariff 29
Figure 5: Average annual energy received by an inclined south-facing surface on mainland France 31
Figure 6: Overview of maximum regional promotion available 32
Figure 7: Simplified profitability calculations for selected systems 35
Figure 8: Overview of players at the different levels of the value-added chain 39
Figure 9: Type of surveyed installation companies 40
Figure 10: Overview: The French overseas territories 42
Figure 11: Installed capacity in 2006 – regional allocation 44
Figure 12: Newly installed on-grid capacity in continental France and the DOM TOM 45
Figure 13: Sold capacities in 2006 and capacities expected to be sold in 2007 – All companies 46
Figure 14: Sold capacities in 2006 and expected capacities to be sold in 2007 – Installers 47
Figure 15: Share of following sizes in installed systems in 2006 – All companies 48
Figure 16: Overview of large-scale projects in France 49
Figure 17: End customer structure of surveyed installers 52
Figure 18: Average waiting times for systems in weeks 53
Figure 19: Distribution channels of PV modules in France 54
Figure 20: Share of BIPV in sold capacities 2006 and 2007 55
Figure 21: Offered BIPV products by following companies 56
Figure 22: Offered BIPV products – Weighted according to the companies’ sold BIPV capacity in 2007 57
Figure 23: Share of technologies in sold or installed capacities in 2006 58
Figure 24: Current prices for small-sized PV systems in France 59
Figure 25: Development of prices for photovoltaic modules in the past twelve months 60
Figure 26: Development of prices for photovoltaic modules in the next twelve months 61
Figure 27: Turnover of surveyed companies in PV in 2006 and expected turnover for 2007 63
Figure 28: Turnover in solar thermal in 2006 and expected turnover 2007 64
Figure 29: Entry into photovoltaic market of surveyed companies 65
Figure 30: Entry into solar thermal market of surveyed companies 66
Figure 31: Do you see a higher potential for photovoltaics or solar thermal in France? 67
Figure 32: Reasons given for seeing a higher potential in photovoltaics (open question) 68
Figure 33: Hindrances for photovoltaics in the French market 69
Figure 34: Evaluated attitude of the grid operator towards photovoltaics 70
Figure 35: Fields of potential for photovoltaics 74
Figure 36: Estimated future market development 76
Figure 37: Spreading of company types in the universe and in the sample 84
Figure 38: Business fields of surveyed companies 85
Figure 39: Core business of surveyed companies – Unaided question 86
Figure 40: Is your company a subsidiary of another company? If so, of which company? 87
Figure 41: Operational area of surveyed companies 87
Figure 42: Operational area of surveyed installers 88
Figure 43: Turnover of questioned companies in 2006 and expected turnover for 2007 89
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