First Solar modules to power 59 MW Labarde solar project in Bordeaux

First Solar, Inc. has been selected by JP Energie Environnement (JPee) to supply its Series 6 photovoltaic (PV) solar modules to power the 59 megawatt (MW)DC Labarde solar power plant.

The facility, believed to be the largest urban solar PV power plant in Europe, is being built on the site of a former open-air municipal landfill in Bordeaux in South West France. The land was designated as a wasteland, unfit for residential or commercial buildings, or agricultural use. JPee, however, secured a 35-year lease for the 600,000-square meter site and began developing the Labarde solar project, which was selected under successive rounds of the PV tenders organized by France’s Commission de Régulation De L’Énergie (CRE).