Renewable energy can be produced from the sun’s rays by using either heat collectors (solar “thermal” energy) or photovoltaic cells that produce electricity (solar “photovoltaic” energy). Despite remaining technical issues, both technologies are being developed in France thanks to favorable regulations, including feed-in tariffs and tax incentives.

Reprinted from Bulletin du Droit de l’Environnement Industriel, Issue 13, January 2008, with permission of Wolters Kluwer France.

(In French)

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