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Potential for large-scale solar
electricity production within France
Energy & Environmental Engineering
Maxime Biret – Matriculation number – 40122021
Supervisor – Tariq Muneer
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The aim of this project is to make an evaluation of the potential for
large-scale solar electricity production, an economic and
environmental analysis for the implantation of a PV solar panels farm
in southern of France.
Why: France has, in the hexagon and overseas seas, considerable
potential to become a major producer of renewable energy. Indeed
it is the Europe's second producer of renewable energy. In 2014 the
French government decided to set up a new energy policy that
target to reduce (from 80% to 50%) before 2020 the part of the
nuclear in the final electricity production in order to allow the
development of the renewable energy who will preserve the
resources and territories
Warm and dry weather do not always mean a growth of the solar
panels efficiency. Indeed the performance drop can be explained
by the growth of the solar cells temperature which have a
proportional direct effect on the reduction of the tension.How: This study presents a preliminary study of large-scale PV power plant
potential by giving simulation model for three locations (Aix en Provence,
Pau and Toulouse) in southern of France. This study also shows the effect
of the monthly average ambient air temperature on the PV panels/cells
output power. The PV panel’s farm will be used to generate electricity to
supply a cities and theirs surrounding.
Support the renewable energy part at 23% of the final
energy consumption in 2020.
Conduct the Nuclear electricity production from 80 % to
50 % surrounding 2025.
 World & Energy resources
 PV Solar installations in France
 Climate data & Environmental features
 City needs
 Solar radiation potential
 Thermal performance
 Proposed power stations
 Environmental analysis
 Financial analysis
Aix en Provence Pau Toulouse
Farm production (MW) 54.9 26.8 143.3
Area required (km2) 0.374 0.216 1.004
Number modules 192,664 111,435 517,356
The large-scale PV power plants required vast areas for supplying in
electricity three different locations with high electricity needs. Indeed
it is an economic challenge. The plants will help to bring down the
photovoltaic electricity production costs which is for the moment the
most expensive sectors in in the renewable energy market.
The hourly slope irradiation regroup three different components as diffuse
irradiation, beam irradiation and ground reflected irradiation. With an
average of 391 W/m2/day of solar global radiation, Aix en Provence has
a potential for solar energy production in order to replace fossil fuels.
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