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Large-scale photovoltaic power plants
located in France and French overseas departments

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."
(Galileo Galilei)

Weinbourg, courtesy Siemens Saint-Aunès, Carrefour car port, courtesy Conergy Reunion, roof mounted system, copyright Photowatt Guadeloupe, copyright JSA Technology

Some large-scale PV power plants in France
(courtesy: Siemens, Conergy, Sputnik Engineering, Photowatt, JSA Technology)

Read more about large-scale PV power plants worldwide in "pvresources.com Annual Review Free Edition" or in Annual Review 2008 Extended Edition ...

The list includes selection of large-scale PV power plants put into service in France in recent years. For each listed plant basic data is available (power, country, location, basic description etc.). If some power plants are missing and should be included in this table, or if some entries in the table should be modified, please send information to email. Countries where large-scale (>1 MWp) power plants were put into service are:

es   de   us   it   kor   cz - Spain, Germany, USA, Italy, South Korea, Czech Republic

cn   pt   ca   fr   re   be - China, Portugal, Canada, France, Franch overseas departments/Reunion, Belgium

jp   gr   ae   nl   ch - Japan, Greece, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, Switzerland

th   bg   in   au   ph - Thailand, Bulgaria, India, Australia, the Philippines

The main source of information included in the table below are various internet sources. The list should be as accurate as possible. Howewer the mistakes and missentries can not be excluded. Please inform me if some plants are not included or if the entries should be modified.

 

Power

Location

Description

Constructed

MWh/GHG

Picture

7 MW

fr France,
La Narbonnaise

La Narbonaise PV plant

GM

EDF
2008

   

5 MW

fr France,
Sainte Tulle

Sainte Tulle PV power plant

GM

2009

   

4.5 MW

fr France,
Weinbourg
(Alsace)

Picture courtesy:
Siemens

Agricultural Building BIPV

RM, BIPV, DIST

2009

 

Weinbourg PV plant, France, courtesy Siemens

4.4 MW

fr France,
Vignon Sur Verdon
(Var)

Vignon Sur Verdon PV Plant

GM

2009

   

4.1 MW

fr France,
Manoseque

Manoseque PV power plant

GM

2009

   

1.6 MW

fr France,
Laudun
(Gard)

Carrefour, FM Logistic PV plant

RM, TF

Urbasolar
2008

   

1.1 MW

fr France,
Saint-Aunès
(Languedoc- Roussillon)

Picture courtesy:
Conergy

Carrefour car port

RM

Conergy
2008

 

Saint-Aunès, Carrefour car port, courtesy Conergy

French overseas departments

2.1 MW

fr re Réunion Island,
Saint Pierre

Le Syndicat PV power plant

GM

Akuo Energy
2009

   

2.1 MW

fr re Réunion Island,
Saint Pierre

Pierrefonds PV power plant

GM

Akuo Energy
2009

   

2 MW

fr Guadeloupe

Marie-Galante PV power plant

GM

Akuo Energy
2009

   

2 MW

fr re Réunion Island,
Saint Pierre

CILAM and SODICO buildings roof mounted system

RM

Séchilienne- Sidec
2009

   

1.433 MW

fr re Réunion Island

Picture source/
copyright:
Sputnik Engineering, Photowatt

Roof mounted system on Réunion Island

RM

Photowatt modules
3 x 300 kW Sputnik Inverters

January 2007

1,300 MWh

Reunion, roof mounted system, copyright Photowatt

1.25 MW

fr re Réunion Island
Le Port

Sodexpro Réunion Island

RM

2009

   

450 kW

fr French Guayana,
Degrad des Cannes

PV power plant Degrad des Cannes

GM

Solar Electric Guyane
2009

   

100 kW

fr Guadeloupe,
Le Moule

Picture courtesy:
JSA Technology

JTM Production PV Power Plant, Cocoyer

GM

560 modules
14 inverters

JSA Technology
2009

136 MWh

PV power plant Guadeloupe, copyright JSA Technology



* Abbreviations - explanation

BG - Biogas as additional energy source in hybrid systems
BIPV - Building integrated photovoltaic system
BM - Biomass as additional energy source in hybrid systems
CONC - Concentrating photovoltaic system
CSC - Coloured solar cells
DI - Diesel fuel as additional source of energy in hybrid systems
DIST - Distributed photovoltaic system
GC - Grid-connected photovoltaic system
GM - Ground-mounted photovoltaic system
FC - Fuell cells as additional energy source in hybrid systems
FI - Facade-integrated system
FLEX - Flexible solar cells
FM - Facade-mounted system
HY - Hybrid photovoltaic system
NB - Noise barrier
PB - PV System part of a passive building
RES - Residental housing
RI - Roof-integrated photovoltaic system
RM - Roof-mounted photovoltaic system
SA - Standalone photovoltaic system
SV - "Shadow-Voltaic" system
TF - Thin-Film (aSi, CdTe, CIS etc.)
TRAC - Tracking system
TRAN - Transparent modules
WI - Wind as additional source of energy in hybrid systems
WP - Water pumping
 

Special thanks for contributions (permissions to use pictures, errata etc.) to Top 50/100, Top 25 BIPV and to Top 5 ranked by country lists - listed in alphabetic order:

Accener S.L., APS, Bangkok Solar, www.bergfoto.ch, Beck Energy, BP Solar, Cagayan Electric Power & Light Co.,Inc., Chevron Energy Solutions, City Solar AG, Classic Bautreuhand GmbH & Co. KG, Colexon, Conergy, Deutsche BP, Ecofys, Ecostream, EEPro, Elektro Kirchner, ENEL, Energetica Energietechnik, EPURON, esTCI S.L., First Solar, Gehrlicher Solar, Generaciones Fotovoltaicas de la Mancha, Geo-Images Project, Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley, GEOSOL Gesellschaft für Solarenergie mbH, Glaswerke Arnold GmbH&Co.KG, Globalsolar Inc., Goldbeck Solar, Gregory Kerwin, Grupo Enerpal, Tom Hansen (Tucson Electric Power), HiTechSolar s.r.o., IBC SOLAR AG, IM2 Energia Solar, Inversiones Solares Sunergy, SLL, Jayme da Costa, JSA Technology, juwi, K&S Consulting, Kahn Solar, Korowatt s.r.o., Martin Bucher Projektentwicklungen, Jiménez Belinchón, S.A., Joel Mendel, MEPGroup, Meyer & Meyer Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Michelin Reifenwerke KGaA, Mitsubishi Electric, MySolar, New Energy Invest GmbH, Takashi Oozeki - AIST, Pfalzwerke, Phoenix Solar, Pohlen Solar, Polder PV - Peter Segaar, Poulek Solar, PowerLight Corp., PV Labor der HTI Bern, Q-Cells International, Ra Solar, Ralos Vertriebs GmbH, Reginald Brown (BSRIA Ltd), S.A.G. Solarstrom, S.E. Project™ S.r.l., Scatec Solar, Scheuten Solar Technology, Seoul Marine Co., Sharp Electronics Europe GmbH, Shell Solar, SIEL/SIAC, Siemens Nederland N.V., SMA Technologie AG, Solar Energiedach GmbH, Solar Engineering Decker & Mack GmbH, Solar World SolarCraft, Solarparc AG, Solarpark Rodenäs GmbH, Solarstrom Schwaben GmbH, SonnenEnergie GmbH, Stephan Schröder Management GmbH, StroomWerk, SunPower Corp., Sun Power & Geothermal Energy, SunEnergy GmbH, Suravia S.A. - fotografia aerea, SunStrom GmbH, Uni Solar Ovonic LLC, TAUBER-SOLAR Management GmbH, Bram Vorster, WIRSOL GmbH, WorldWater & Power Corp., Floris Wouterlood, flag icons provided by icondrawer.
 

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