Grants for solar panel installers
In brief
A solar panel installer does not receive any of these grants directly: they finance the customer (an individual, local authority, or business) undertaking a solar self-consumption project. Knowing about them helps you support your customer in putting together their application and ease their purchasing decision. This page lists the schemes currently validated, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
None of the grants listed here are paid to the solar panel installer themselves: they all finance the customer undertaking the solar project.
They are very largely regional, and apply at two different stages: the emergence and structuring of the project (self-consumption studies, support in putting together the application), then the investment itself (individual or collective self-consumption installations, including for public or industrial buildings).
Knowing about these schemes allows you to support your customer in putting together their application from the feasibility study stage, and so ease their purchasing decision.
Run a personalised scan to identify the public grants and funding your company may be able to access.
Who actually receives these grants?
The customer carrying the solar project — an individual, local authority, or business — never the installer who carries out the work.
Some grants finance the project's emergence study (before work begins), others the self-consumption investment itself.
What amount can be obtained?
The maximum amount is not currently specified for any of the schemes listed for this trade.
The amount actually paid depends on the installed capacity, the type of project (individual or collective), and the region.
How can you use this information with your customers?
Presenting these schemes to your customer as early as the feasibility study stage can ease their decision, by reducing the apparent out-of-pocket cost of the project.
Most of these grants are regional: the right scheme depends on your customer's project location, not yours.
Grants that can be used by a solar panel installer's customers
Autoconsommation Collective multi acteurs d’électricité renouvelable
Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Union européenne
Closes on 31 Dec 2026
EFICAS : soutien des études d’autoconsommations spéciales
Région Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
IDEE CONSEIL : Aide à l’émergence et à la structuration d’un projet photovoltaïque exemplaire en autoconsommation
Région Normandie
Soutien au photovoltaïque
Région Grand Est
FEDER - Installations photovoltaïques en autoconsommation tertiaires (y compris bâtiments publics) et industrielles
Région Réunion, Union Européenne-FEDER
Closes on 31 Dec 2027
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Frequently asked questions about solar panel grants
Are these grants paid to the installer or to their customer?
None of these 5 grants are paid to the installer: they all finance the customer carrying the solar project.
The full list is shown above on this page, with the funder for each grant.
How can these grants help me sell my services?
By presenting these funding options to your customer as early as the feasibility study stage, you reduce their apparent out-of-pocket cost and ease their purchasing decision.
Some grants even finance the study itself, before any commitment to the work.
Are these grants the same everywhere in France?
No, most are regional: the applicable scheme depends on your customer's project location, not on your own location.
This page does not presume the eligibility of a specific project; a personalized diagnostic checks it against the project's actual criteria.
How does my customer apply for this type of grant?
The process is most often carried out directly with the relevant Region or ADEME office, before work begins.
A personalized diagnostic identifies the schemes that are genuinely relevant to your customer's project, before starting the process.
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Check the grants suited to your company
This page lists the schemes associated with this sector. The personalised report applies your real criteria — industry, size, location, project — before drawing any conclusion on eligibility.
See the opportunities identified by the scan, then access your personalised report.