France's Ministry of Ecological Transition has reported that around 601 MW of new PV systems were connected to the French grid in the January-March quarter. In the same period a year earlier, the country added 596 MW of new PV capacity and in the fourth quarter of 2022, new installations hit 685 MW.  Full-year installations hit 2.4 GW of new solar in 2022

France reached 17.15 GW of cumulative installed PV capacity at the end of March 2023. The regions of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and Grand Est accounted for 63% of all newly connected capacity in the first quarter this year. They are the regions with the highest installed capacities, representing more than 73% of all cumulative power connected in France by the end of March.

The aggregate capacity of queued solar projects with grid-connection requests, meanwhile, has increased by 40% since the start of this year to 18.5 GW, including 4.4 GW with signed connection agreements.