Solar + Storage Hybridization: The CRE Paves the Way for a New Era in Photovoltaics
The French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) proposes new mechanisms to encourage hybrid PV + battery projects. With 513 negative price hours in 2025 and 1.6 TWh of lost solar production, these reforms represent a strategic turning point for the French solar industry.
VoltWatt analyzes the three concrete CRE proposals: unweighted M0 reference pricing, negative price premiums conditional on non-injection, and feed-in premiums on time-shifted production. With over 2.1 GW combined capacity and 450 MWh of storage, VoltWatt is ideally positioned to lead this transition.