France’s Ministry of Energy Transition has awarded a combined capacity of 507.7 MW across 36 solar projects under the fourth round of its technology-neutral renewables tender.

The tender was floated for a total capacity of 500 MW.

Solar, including agrivoltaic projects, accounted for the entire awarded capacity.

Individual project sizes ranged from just under 1 MW to 44 MW, while the weighted-average price reached €0.074 (~$0.08702)/kWh.

The biggest winners were Rubis Photosol, which secured about 129 MW, followed by Cas Lim’Ovinergie, QAIR, and CPES.

The projects are spread across several regions of mainland France. In Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the sites are located at Les Mathiaux in Allier, Bognet and BLV4 in Drôme, and Culhat in Puy-de-Dôme.

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté includes projects at Trouhaut (both west and east sites) in Côte-d’Or, Gueugnon in Saône-et-Loire, and Bois de l’Affichot in Yonne.

In Centre-Val de Loire, projects are located at La Chapelle-Hugon, Charenton-du-Cher, and Charentonnay in Cher; Neuvy-en-Dunois in Eure-et-Loir; Concremiers in Indre; Sublaines (Bléré Sud) and Celle-Saint-Avant in Indre-et-Loire; and Salbris (GIAT sites) in Loir-et-Cher.

In the Grand Est region, projects are situated at Armentières-Nord and Armentières-Sud in Aube, Fère-Champenoise in Marne, and Pierremont in Haute-Marne.

Normandy hosts a project at Saint-Sulpice in Orne.

Nouvelle-Aquitaine includes locations at Chaumes in Dordogne, Mios and Le Barp in Gironde, Taller (Sud-Est) and the Landes des Pins site in Landes, Limalonges in Deux-Sèvres, Champagne-Saint-Hilaire in Vienne, and Ferme de Bord as well as Limovinergie sites in Haute-Vienne.

Occitanie includes a project at Loubressac in Lot, while Pays de la Loire hosts projects at Les Rochettes and Donges in Loire-Atlantique.

France added 1,442 MW of solar capacity in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025, a 34.76% year-over-year increase from 1,070 MW. Solar installations during the quarter were also the highest for any Q1 since 2010.

A majority of European solar markets experienced declining pricing trends for solar PPAs. In the second quarter of 2025, P25 solar prices, which are the 25^th percentile of offered prices in power purchase agreements, reduced by over 5% in Europe, according to LevelTen Energy’s Market-Averaged Continental Index report.