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C&I installations

France: Axpo starts up 12,8 MW rooftop PV plant

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Axpo subsidiary Urbasolar has commenced operations at the largest rooftop solar plant in France in Beauvais, 80 kilometers north of Paris.

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France

ADS-Tec and Paragon Mobility join forces for fast charging

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Paragon Mobility, a French company specialising in mobility infrastructure optimisation, is expanding its service portfolio to include ADS-Tec Energy’s ChargePost, a high-capacity, modular fast-charging solution.

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France 

Q Energy: Financing for 74.3 MW floating solar plant secured

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Q ENERGY announced the debt financial close of its “Les Ilots Blandin” project for a total amount of EUR 50.4m, arranged by Crédit Agricole Transitions & Energies, through its financing arm Unifergie, and Bpifrance.

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BayWa r.e.

France: 136 MW solar cluster built on former military site

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BayWa r.e. has completed the construction of two solar clusters on former military bases in central and south-western France. These comprise five solar parks with over 300,000 solar modules and a total capacity of 136 MW.

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France

Greenyellow builds 350 solar car parks for French supermarket chain

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The realisation of the projects is due to start this year. The food retailer Carrefour will primarily use the electricity itself in its stores throughout the country - and will thus fulfil the legal requirements.

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Paris 2024

Olympic opening ceremony on the Seine using electric boats

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For the Paris 2024 opening ceremony on the Seine yesterday, ships were equipped with electric or hybrid drives. It is part of the plan to decarbonise all inland waterway transport in France.

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Solar installations

Axpo and Disneyland Paris commission Europe’s largest solar parking canopy

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Following more than three years’ construction, Disneyland Paris and Axpo have equipped 11,200 parking spaces with solar panels. The solar parking canopy, currently the largest of its kind in Europe, will generate 36 gigawatt hours of green electricity a year.

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Sectors4Energy

France: Sector coupling for more flexibility

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Sector coupling is also an important topic in France, says Lucie Lochon from the Franco-German Office for the Energy Transition.

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New report

EU solar market reaches record heights

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SolarPower Europe’s new EU Market Outlook for Solar Power 2023-2027 reveals a record 56 GW of solar installations in Europe in 2023. However, the forecast for next  year is lower.

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Energy transition Europe

"Grids are the bottleneck in the expansion of renewables"

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To achieve the goals of the EU Green Deal, the expansion of the grid infrastructure and the flexibilization of energy generation are fundamental, Martin Dürnberger and Jörg Menyesch of CCE state in a guest article. They give an overview about the situation in different European countries.

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France

Sharp obtains ETN certificates for French solar market

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Sharp Energy Solutions Europe has announced that it has obtained ETN (Enquête de Technique Nouvelle) certificates. The ETN certificates encompass compatibility with prominent brands.

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SolarPower Europe 

Agrisolar Best Practice Guidelines now also in French

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SolarPower Europe’s Agrisolar Best Practice Guidelines are now accessible for solar developers and farmers on the ground across France.

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Electric shipping

Old river tug to be electrified - Leclanché supplies the battery

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The cement manufacturer Lafrage France will convert the first of its inland vessels from diesel to electric propulsion. This will involve the use of a storage system specially designed for applications on the water.

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Financing

Renewable PPA prices with modest increases

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LevelTen Energy released its latest PPA Price Index report, which shows that in Q3 2023, the blended index of wind and solar 25th Percentile (P25) PPA prices increased a modest 2% across Europe. But there were some important exceptions and stability may not last long.

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Large-scale storage

Q Energy builds large battery storage facility in France

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With 44 megawatt hours and an output of 35 megawatts, the facility can supply 10,000 people for a day. With the storage unit, the operator Gazel Energie wants to facilitate the integration of renewables.

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France

Construction begins on Europe's largest floating solar farm

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The floating solar park will be built on the on the site of former gravel pits in the Haute-Marne region of France. It has a capacity of 74.3 MW.

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Green hydrogen

Lhyfe and TES completely supply French industrial park with green hydrogen

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TSE will build several solar plants to power Lhyfe's electrolysis. Several companies have already expressed their interest in settling in the new industrial park.

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Agrivoltaics Industry Forum Europe 2023

Programme for agri-PV conference has been finalised

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Conexio has now published the complete programme for the conference on dual use of agricultural land online. There is still a discount on the admission price until 31 August.

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 Agriculture 

France: Initiative to speed up Agri-PV

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Sun’Agri and RWE form a strategic partnership to accelerate development of agricultural photovoltaics in France.

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The smarter E Europe

Energy Sharing:Other EU countries already further along

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Energy sharing via energy communities is considered an important driver of the energy transition. But in Germany, such a regulation has yet to be introduced. Some other EU countries are already further along in this respect.

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Manufacturing

France: Plans for a 5 GW PV gigafactory

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French industrial company Carbon plans the construction of a 5 GW PV cell and module factory in Southern France.

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Manufacturing

France: 5 GW PV fab announced

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Holosolis, with support from EIT InnoEnergy, is opening a gigafactory PV plant to strengthen European energy security. The photovoltaic module production facility in Hambach, near Saargmünd in the Moselle department of France, is expected to be fully operational by 2027. 

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Critical storage infrastructure

Socomec shows new UPS solution for IT centres

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The French manufacturer has developed the new Delphys XL UPS system for critical infrastructure systems. In its UPS development, Socomec has optimised efficiency - without sacrificing power quality.

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Financing

France: Corporate PPA of Q Energy with retailer

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Q Energy and French retailer “Les Mousquetaires“ announce that they have signed a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement for solar electricity. With an installed capacity of 29 megawatts of solar power over 15 years, this PPA testifies to both partners’ ambitions to drive the green energy transition.

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Webinar Intersolar Europe/DFBEW

Agrivoltaics: Potentials and challenges in France and Germany

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Intersolar Europe and the French-German Office for Energy Transition (DFBEW) will be giving a free webinar on Agrivoltaics in Germany and France: Potentials and Challenges on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, from 11am–noon.