摘要： In the context of global warming, big cities’ atmosphere is always more contaminated and natural disasters in augmentation, solar energy, and more generally renewable energies are sources of great enthusiasm. Besides, thanks to recent improvements in technologies, the costs of photovoltaic (PV) have strongly declined in the last decades and are now accessible for particulars. The purpose of this project is then to study the economic profitability of solar energy for a residential use. A common and appropriate tool for this is the grid parity. This term, largely used in the literature, refers to the moment when producing electricity from solar modules will have the same cost than buying it from the grid. Grid parity depends mainly on the geographic position (as solar irradiation is very different from a place to another) and on the local electricity price. Consequently, a country with expensive electricity and a high rate of irradiation is more likely to reach grid parity soon. In the present study, the geographic framework chosen is the Mediterranean area, which includes countries with similar climates but with other differences sufficiently important to obtain interesting comparative results. The PV system used in the following model is a basic one since it does not include energy storage or resale to the grid, which gives a conservative perspective to the study. Extensive financial analysis is conducted in order to determine under which conditions it is the most profitable. The secondary objective is to evaluate the environmental impact of solar energy, mainly by carrying out carbon footprint analysis. It basically consists in comparing the emissions released by the manufacturing process of the modules to the reduction obtained thanks to its utilization. This study is first realized at an individual level and, then, is generalized at a national one in order to measure what could be the contribution of a massive investment in residential solar energy to the Paris agreement objectives.