#2026-393France updates grid connection rules for renewable energy in non-interconnected territories
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This decree rewrites part of the Energy Code on how renewable electricity projects connect to public power grids in France’s non-interconnected territories, including Corsica, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and Réunion. It clarifies which projects fall under renewable grid connection schemes, including certain waste-to-energy installations, and gives the public distribution network operator responsibility for preparing the connection scheme. Renewable power producers in these territories should watch the capacity-setting process, because the state representative will set the overall connection capacity after consultation with industry groups.
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Key Changes
- Rewrites the Energy Code rules for renewable energy grid connection schemes in France’s non-interconnected territories.
- Treats certain electricity generation from biodegradable waste as renewable generation for the full connection capacity of the installation.
- Assigns the public distribution network operator to prepare the connection scheme, with the state representative setting total connection capacity after consultation.
Obligations
What this law requires
Treat installations producing electricity wholly or partly from the biodegradable fraction of waste, including industrial waste and household or similar waste, as renewable electricity production installations for the full amount of their connection capacity when applying the renewable energy grid connection scheme.
Do not include in the renewable energy grid connection scheme installations whose connection conditions are set under Article L. 311-10, or renewable-fuel peak thermal installations operating less than 500 hours per year where connection financing is set under special procedures.
Prepare the renewable energy grid connection scheme for public electricity networks in Corsica, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and Réunion.
Before preparing the renewable energy grid connection scheme, inform the professional organisations of electricity producers and the State representative in the territory concerned.
Submit a request to the State representative in the territory concerned to set the scheme’s overall connection capacity, and provide all necessary supporting elements, including estimates of total renewable electricity production capacity likely to request connection during the scheme period.