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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

12 départements

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is located in east-central France, along the Alps. As of 2021 it counted 8,114,361 inhabitants (the 2nd most populous French région), across 70,895 km² of land (the 3rd largest by area). Its GDP stood at €346,405 million in 2024 (provisional), ranking it 2nd nationally. Its largest cities are Lyon, Saint-Étienne and Villeurbanne.

181 891 rooftop PV installations totalling 1798.3 MWp have been identified across Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes by OpenPVMapper — the 3rd highest installed capacity among French régions. Allier, Cantal and Drôme lead the région's départements by capacity. These detections span 2017–2025. Click here to see it on the map.

181 891 PV systems detected
1798.3 MWp Estimated installed capacity
#3 by installed capacity, out of 13 régions

Source composition

DPVM + FRPV · 44%DPVM only · 26%FRPV only · 25%OSM only · 3%DPVM + FRPV + OSM · 1%FRPV + OSM · 1%DPVM + OSM · 0%

Composition by power class

P1P2P3P4P5

P1 < 9 kWp · P2 9–36 kWp · P3 36–100 kWp · P4 100–250 kWp · P5 > 250 kWp

Installed capacity by département

Allier: 379.3 MWp · #1 by installed capacity in the régionCantal: 190.1 MWp · #2 by installed capacity in the régionDrôme: 189.8 MWp · #3 by installed capacity in the régionIsère: 173.8 MWp · #4 by installed capacity in the régionHaute-Loire: 145.5 MWp · #5 by installed capacity in the régionPuy-de-Dôme: 140.3 MWp · #6 by installed capacity in the régionRhône: 130.3 MWp · #7 by installed capacity in the régionAin: 117.5 MWp · #8 by installed capacity in the régionLoire: 104.4 MWp · #9 by installed capacity in the régionArdèche: 96.0 MWp · #10 by installed capacity in the régionHaute-Savoie: 74.1 MWp · #11 by installed capacity in the régionSavoie: 57.0 MWp · #12 by installed capacity in the région

Darker = larger share of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes’s installed capacity.

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