Former
Prime
Minister
Nicolas
Sarkozy
was
widely
viewed
as
being
in
bed
with
France’s
powerful
nuclear
industry,
although
in
the
run-up
to
May’s
election
he
took
pains
to
show
that
he
too
supported
PV
–
including
convincing
state-owned
EDF
to
acquire
bankrupt
French
module
maker
Photowatt.
France
connected
1.5GW
of
PV
capacity
to
the
grid
last
year,
making
it
the
world’s
fifth-largest
market,
according
to
the
European
Photovoltaics
Industry
Association
(EPIA).
However,
the
Sarkozy
government
had
taken
dramatic
steps
to
ensure
the
market
would
shrink
in
2012,
including
putting
Log in to read complete article.
