France Is Wasting a Record Share of Its Solar and Wind Power

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Wind and solar electricity: rapid growth, difficult absorption The French renewable production fleet has grown dramatically. Between January and May 2025, 2.3 gigawatts of new capacity have been connected, including 2.1 GW of solar power. The installed solar capacity reaches 26.4 GW, exceeding for the first time 24.6 GW of wind energy. But this acceleration raises a fundamental question: what to do with this electricity when the grid does not ne…

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In its latest publication, the French electricity system manager TEN warns about the explosion of the number of episodes of negative prices and the demands of cut-off. In plain terms: wind turbines and solar panels produce much more electricity than we use, and are not always synchronized with our needs. Thus, 10% of the production could not be achieved in the first half of 2025. A form of waste. Among the abundant data in the report, we note in…