Publication of the Awaited Decree Imposing a Moratorium for Solar Projects

Originally published 13 December, 2010

Decree No. 2010-1510 of 9 December 2010 suspending the purchase of electricity produced by installations using solar rays (the "Decree")

Despite the opposition to the proposed French Government's plans to impose a three (3) month¹ moratorium on new solar projects that qualify for current power purchase feed in tariff, the Decree was voted in on Thursday 9 and published last Friday.

The Decree will allow the Government to prepare a new legal framework that will become applicable at the end of the 3 month moratorium and would solve the problem of the queue. The new legal framework aims to reach a target of 500 MWp of new solar projects per year and will most probably include a decrease of the feed in tariffs. Further official information on this legal framework is not yet available.