The contract had been awarded as part of the call for tenders Energy Transition of the Fessenheim Territory. In addition, Voltalia announced the commissioning of their three-megawatt Tresques solar plant in the Occitanie region and the successful construction of the five-megawatt Parroc facility in the Nouvelle Aquitaine region, which is expected go into service shortly.
Voltalia have won a 20-year power sales contract during the first round of the call for tenders supporting the energy transition of the Fessenheim territory in the Department Haut-Rhin in France. These calls for tenders were designed to support the economy of the region, faced with the shutdown of the two reactors of the Fessenheim nuclear power plant, scheduled for February and June 2020.
Rehabilitation of unused polluted land
With a power capacity of 10.2 megawatts, the Logelbach project is located in the municipality of Wintzenheim on a former landfill site with degassing facilities. The future solar plant will thus allow the rehabilitation of unused polluted land. The installation will generate the equivalent consumption of 13,400 people (excluding heating). The commissioning of the solar power plant is expected for the first half of 2021.
In addition, Voltalia have already commissioned the Tresques solar power plant. The commissioning of the Parroc plant, for which construction has just been completed, is expected shortly. These two solar plants have been awarded laureates of the second round of the CRE IV call for tenders during the summer of 2017. The construction of both solar plants had been completed on schedule. Their combined generation capacity will cover the consumption of about 10,000 people.
Local crowdfunding campaign
The Parroc plant is located in the Department Haute-Vienne, on the industrial estate of the municipality of Rochechouart. The solar plant is the first solar park on the territory of the Community of Communes Porte Océane Limousin and the third park built in the Department Haute-Vienne
The Tresques plant is located in the Department Gard, on the municipality of Tresques. Located on a former industrial site, on the discard pile of a building materials factory, the solar power plant project was born from the desire of the local municipality to rehabilitate this degraded site. Over the summer, the plant has benefited from a crowdfunding campaign, successfully raising 350,000 euros from 101 local people.
Despite these and many other efforts, time is running out, if many EU countries want to meet their 2020 targets for renewable energy adoption. (mfo)
