Photovoltaic Energy in France: A Transitional Year Ahead
by Olivia Lê Horovitz (Paris) and François Lan (Paris)
This article is an excerpt from K&L Gates' Global Government Solutions 2011 Annual Outlook, which contains informative articles on some of the most consequential government developments that we anticipate in 2011 across a range of substantive areas.
As France continues to develop its renewable energy industry and struggles to recover from the global economic crisis, we expect to see a number of trends in 2011 affecting both businesses and investments in this sector.
Since the 2007 “Grenelle de l’environnement” conference, France has adopted an ambitious strategy for developing renewable energies. The conference brought together representatives of the central government, local authorities, trade unions, businesses and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of developing a concrete action plan to tackle environmental issues. The conference participants recognized that renewable energies (such as wind and solar power) were underdeveloped in France and called for the French government to stimulate this sector...
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