At present France more than 78% of electricity from nuclear power, in order to promote sustainable development, environmental protection and increasing the ratio of green power, France was announced in November 2008 long-term renewable energy plan. The plan includes a total of 50 measures includes wind, solar, biomass, geothermal energy and hydroelectric power, and many other areas.
France Government intends to invest large sums of money to encourage the development of renewable energy. Solar photovoltaic power generation, encouraging construction and industry of building in the Government sector (such as supermarkets, large industrial buildings, and so on) to install solar panels on the roof, industry bodies to pay these fees, you can enjoy State subsidies; for individual users that installed solar panels, the administrative examination and approval procedures will also be greatly simplified.
according to this Act, the France development renewable energy’s overall objective is: by 2020 renewable clean energy share of total energy consumption by raising per cent in 2005 to over 23%, equivalent to a saving of 20 million tons of oil consumption. France will speed up the study and use of new technologies, between now and 2012 levels of clean energy technologies and research-related costs would be gradually reached the level of civilian nuclear energy research. Development of clean, pollution-free renewable energy will become France an important part of the energy development strategy.
comment: compared with neighboring countries, and France in the research of new energy sources, especially solar and wind energy and has lagged behind, needs to increase investment, promoting.