Ikea will market solar panels in France from the start of the 2020 school year

Ikea, the furniture leader in France, will include a solar panel installation service in its catalog. For this, the Swedish giant has signed a partnership with the French company Voltalia. Marketing will begin in the southern departments from the start of the school year, then gradually in the other regions before the end of the year.

The current health and ecological context has certainly had an impact on the vision of the French on the environment and lifestyles. Remote work. Alternative to public transport and car. Renewable energy. Several government initiatives support consumers who wish to invest in these issues. One example is the aid for the purchase of an electric vehicle presented by Emmanuel Macron to support the revival of the automotive market.

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Another example: to encourage the production of renewable energies thanks to solar panels. Subsidies exist to help individuals to have panels installed on the roofs of their homes and to produce electricity that will either be consumed on site or sold to EDF. We still have to find where to buy solar panels. To facilitate the process for all potential customers, Ikea is launching a service in France ” all in one To buy and install solar panels. The service is called … Solstråle.

To do so, the Swedish giant signed a partnership with Voltalia, a French company specializing in the installation of solar panels. She is responsible for the sale of the panels and their installation. Ikea is responsible for defining needs and putting a simulation tool online. Obviously, no price was advanced by the brand, since each quote will be personalized.

32 departments covered at launch

The sale of solar panels will be launched in France at Ikea from this fall. Only certain regions will be covered initially: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Occitanie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. And not all departments in these regions will be covered. 32 will be from launch. As you can see, it is the regions with the best sunshine that will be served first, not surprisingly. But Ikea promises that all the French territory will be covered by the end of the year.

Photovoltaic solutions are becoming more and more fashionable all over the world, because solar energy is renewable and it is cleaner. Without forgetting that this makes it possible to reduce the energy dependence of a household. We reported a few days ago this testimony from a Californian family made a few months after installing Tesla’s solar tiles. And the experience is very positive.

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