Neoen wins 130.3 MWp French solar projects

Neoen has been awarded 130.3 MWp in the call for tenders for ground-based solar farms held by the French government. The 130.3 MWp is split between 9 projects from 4.0 to 42.8 MWp. In line with the company’s business model, Neoen is the majority shareholder.

Six out of nine plants are to be built on rehabilitated land such as former quarries, landfill sites, or former aerodromes.

The nine projects are mainly located in the southwest (Nouvelle Aquitaine) and east (Grand Est) regions of France with also projects in Indre-et-Loire, the North, and in Sarthe. The plants are scheduled to be commissioned in 2023.

At 42.8 MWp, the Romilly solar plant in Aube in the Grand Est region will be one of Neoen’s largest in France. Built on the site of a former military aerodrome, the project was developed by the local Neoen team in less than two years. In the same region, the 6.7 MWp Lorraine Airport plant will produce energy from solar car-park shelters. Together, the plants will produce enough green electricity to cover the annual consumption of some 20,000 inhabitants, heating included, thereby contributing to the region’s energy transition goals.

In the southwest (Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine), the 13 MWp Labouheyre project located on a formal wood store takes Neoen’s total operating power in the Landes département to 70 Mwp. Also in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the Poullignac plant in Charente is built on a former landfill site.