Local guide

France

Practical starting points for your home-energy project, with links to the organisations responsible for local requirements.

Start with the home, then coordinate the installer, local authority and grid connection.

Understand the difference between electricity you avoid buying and electricity someone pays you for.

Use France Rénov’ to identify the right route before treating an advertised contribution as part of your budget.

Use the official directory as one check, then examine the company, scope and written proposal.

Put comfort and a suitable system design ahead of the headline equipment price.

Understand the essentials

Start with your daily routine. The right combination depends as much on when you use electricity as on how much you use.

A simple tour of a home solar installation: panels, inverter, your home and the electricity grid.

Direction matters, but so do shade, roof condition and the practicalities of putting an installation in place.