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2018 objective for the giant Tougas solar power station

By Emmanuel Guimard (Pays de la Loire) - Published the 27 July 2015,

The huge public dump of Tougas in Saint-Herblain (Loire-Atlantique), at the West exit of Nantes, should become a photovoltaic power station of 27 700 panels.

The public inquiry for the photovoltaic park of Tougas, in Saint-Herblain (Loire-Atlantique), west of Nantes, will start in September. The building permit filing took place at the beginning of April at the prefecture. This photovoltaic power plant, one of the largest in the western world, could start producing electricity at the 2017 or 2018 horizon.

Beyond the authorizations, the project must also be retained by the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), authorizing the purchase of the electricity produced. The answer on this point is expected in December. The project is supported by the cities of Indre (Loire-Atlantique) and Saint-Herblain. It has been entrusted to a single operator: the company VSB Energies nouvelles, headquartered in Nîmes (Gard). VSB has an office in Saint-Grégoire (Ille-et-Vilaine) of 42 employees.

The final project extends over 16,5 hectares where 27 700 panels will be installed for installed power of 7,2 megawatts. This would allow an annual production of 10 170 megawatts corresponding to the consumption of 1 816 homes. The investment is expected to be between seven and nine million euros.

A PEDAGOGICAL SPACE

Former landfill located at the western entrance of Nantes, Tougas hosted 1961 1992 nearly six million cubic meters of waste creating a hill 15 meters high, confined by a membrane and covered with a film of soil 30 centimeters, with recovery of biogas.
Both cities want to make the site an educational and awareness space for the development of renewable energies. A discovery trail will run alongside the facilities, while offering views of the Tougas wetlands.

http://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/ob ... as.N342841

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When it is in Corrèze we ask the local president!

François Hollande inaugurates the Roc du Doun solar power plant (Corrèze)

21 Seven 2015 enerzine

The President of the Republic, François Hollande, inaugurated last Friday the photovoltaic solar power plant of Roc du Doun in Corrèze in the presence of Isabelle Kocher, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of ENGIE, in charge of operations, and Thierry Conil, President of La Compagnie the wind.



ENGIE Group's first photovoltaic power station (eg GDF Suez) in Limousin, Roc du Doun has an installed capacity of 12 MWc. Located in the municipality of Gros-Chastang, it has about 37.000 panels that will produce each year about 16,8 million kWh, the annual power consumption of about 7.000 people, the equivalent of half of the population of the city of Tulle .

ENGIE, through its subsidiary Compagnie du Vent, has invested 21,5 million euros for the development of this project, designed in partnership with national and local companies.

The Roc du Doun plant uses the latest generation photovoltaic modules, which have the highest yields on the market. These panels are installed on mobile structures, called "Trackers", To track the path of the sun throughout the day and thus increase electricity production by more than 15% compared to so-called" fixed "structures. Among the expertise developed in France, the trackers were designed by the Bordeaux company Exosun and the photovoltaic panels manufactured by SunPower, in Toulouse.

Divided into three parts and rehabilitating a cleared area with no agricultural or forestry value, the Roc du Doun power station reconciles economic development with respect for the environment.

The photovoltaic power plant is backed by several global projects, including an agro-environmental management plan on 30 hectares aimed particularly at the restoration of wetlands, an eco-tourism project directly carried out by the municipality of Gros-Chastang as well as an agricultural valorization of site with sheep grazing inside the plant.

"There will be many more small projects installed in rural areas to allow this production in a space where there must still be agricultural activity" specified François Hollande during an interview on the site itself, before add : "I launched this project, I was President of the General Council. Today I am inaugurating it, and I am President of the Republic. It took 7 years, it's too long. It is not possible that we could have that much delay. It took the stubbornness of local elected officials, the mayor of this commune (170 inhabitants), for us to succeed. So I wanted us to shorten the deadlines. And the call for tenders that will be launched for photovoltaics will allow many more projects to be installed much more quickly in our country. "

For its part, the ENGIE group confirms its ambition in the development of solar photovoltaic. With the acquisition of Solairedirect last July, ENGIE became the industry leader in France with a gross installed capacity of 383 MW.

In addition, renewable energies are among the strategic priorities of ENGIE, whose objective is to be the leader of the energy transition in Europe. The Group plans to double its electrical ENR capabilities between 2015 and 2025 to reach 16 GW.

http://www.enerzine.com/1/18698+francoi ... reze+.html

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When it is in Corrèze we ask the local president!

No matter where you are born after all!
Did not you understand that he was a green president? Socialist and who respected his election promises?

— "I, President of the Republic, will reduce the share of nuclear power in electricity production from 75 to 50%"

This share has not changed or so little ...

— "I, President of the Republic, will close the Fessenheim plant" >>>

This plant is not closed and will not be so soon ...

So it's not so much the problem that it is him or something that inaugurates it or not, it's just a fart in the water compared to the basics of its initial objectives ... And the Fabius who gorges himself to want to reduce the Co2 by haranguing the Americans! Nope but!


In fact all this and the fault of the French whose electorate does not support its President, he should have invested heavily in E-dog Rossi (I go out).

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Inauguration of the battery storage system of the solar PV park in Catania, Sicily (10MWc).
The system makes 1 MW power and 2 MWh storage capacity.
The battery uses General Electric's "sodium-metal halide" technology. No lithium so.
The tests began in May 2015

Enel Green Power Inaugurates Italy's First Storage Facility for Renewables

September 23, 2015 evwind

Enel Green Power has today inaugurated the first power storage facility for renewable energy plants in Italy in Catania, Sicily. 1MW / 2MWh storage system has been connected to EGP 10 MWp Catania 1 photovoltaic plant.



The storage system, which is an integral part of Catania 1, will increase flexibility in the management of the plant and smooth electricity flows, reducing the intermittence that often affects certain renewable sources, while at the same time.

The Catania storage facility uses the Durathon "sodium-metal halide" technology developed by General Electric, with whom it has been agreed that it should not be planned.

"Enel Green Power has another success," said EGP CEO Francesco Venturini. "Technologically advanced storage systems such as the one we are inaugurating today will reduce intermittency and enable us to manage the unpredictability of certain renewable sources, by helping to ensure the stability and control of the grid. "The active integration of renewables with pioneering and innovative solutions such as this is key for the ongoing development of the sector."

The Catania storage facility, which has been undergoing testing since May 2015, enabled the first field test of this battery to reduce imbalances between forecast and actual output.

http://www.evwind.es/2015/09/23/enel-gr ... bles/54189

You will recognize ETNA in the background!

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Japan: a floating solar power plant of 13,7 MW

Published 01 / 02 / 2016 lemarin.fr

The Japanese company Kyocera TCL Solar is embarking on the construction of the largest floating photovoltaic plant in the world on the Yamakura dam reservoir in Japan.


The solar power station is expected to produce 16 GW annually (Photo: Kyocera)

http://www.lemarin.fr/secteurs-activite ... -de-137-mw

http://www.batiweb.com/actualites/vie-d ... 27738.html

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Solar passes the 100 GWe in Europe

6th May 2016

The power of the European park has reached 100 GWe in 2016. Extremely fast growth due in large part to the lower cost of technology and public support. An article from our partner JDLE.

No one has ever seen an energy technology progress as fast as photovoltaics in Europe.

According to a statement from SolarPower Europe, the European industry association of the sector, the Old World has connected to its power grids more than 100 gigawatts peak installed photovoltaic capacity.

By way of comparison, French power generation capacity revolves around 140 GWe.

A multiplication by 33

If the power remains lower than 40% that of the wind, its pace of deployment is much faster. Between 2005 and 2016, the power of the European wind farm has more than tripled. During this decade, the photovoltaic power went from 3 to more than 100 GWe: a multiplication by 33!

This is the fall of 80% of costs in 10 years and public support (purchase prices most often) that allowed this explosion of solar, recognizes SolarPower Europe.

And the lobby hopes that the ongoing reform of the EU electricity market and the targets set by the Renewable Energies Directive will allow the commissioning of 100's new GWe by 2020.

http://www.euractiv.fr/section/energie/ ... en-europe/

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Bouygues delivers the largest photovoltaic farm in Southeast Asia (Philippines)

11 March 2016 enerzine

Bouygues Energies & Services, BYME and VSL, subsidiaries of Bouygues Construction announced on Tuesday that they had delivered the largest solar farm in Southeast Asia, located on the island of Negros in the Philippines and equipped with a total power of 132 MWc.

Helios Solar Energy Corporation, a joint venture between local developer Gregorio Araneta Inc. and Soleq, entrusted this turnkey contract to the Group in March 2015. Soleq is the solar branch of Equis Pte Ltd, an Asian renewable energy group (Equis).

“After Bouygues Energies & Services completed three solar farms in Thailand with Bouygues Thai, our client renewed their confidence in us for a new photovoltaic plant in the Philippines. We are delighted to have taken up this challenge and hope to develop other joint projects in the future, ”said Jean-Christophe Perraud, CEO of Bouygues Energies & Services.

This turnkey contract includes engineering, supply of equipment and construction (EPC, Engineering Procurement & Construction) of the solar farm. It includes a commitment on the performance of the plant at the time of delivery and during the first years of operation. Work began in May 2015. More than 425 panels were installed over an area of ​​000 hectares. The power station, connected to the national grid, will have an annual production close to 170 MWh per year, or the equivalent of the average annual consumption of 190 Filipino households.

Bouygues Construction will also be in charge of the operation and maintenance of the plant for 4 years, with around sixty local employees on site.

Development and local involvement

The Philippine economy is experiencing strong annual growth (between 6 and 7% per year since 3 years) and a chronic energy production deficit. The development of renewable energy is at the heart of an ambitious government program that makes the Philippines one of Asia's largest markets in this field.

Bouygues Construction, which wishes to develop its Energy & Services activities in Asia, encouraged local proximity to carry out this project. For example, the Group has recruited and trained more than 1 local employees, some of whom will contribute to the operation and maintenance of the solar power plant. Bouygues Construction is also committed to local communities, by facilitating access to education or by fighting against undernutrition in the surrounding villages.

Bouygues Energies & Services develops tailor-made or turnkey projects for photovoltaic, thermal, cogeneration or biomass energy production plants. The Bouygues Construction subsidiary can carry out an entire project, from financial engineering to operation-maintenance, including design-build. It has solid references in the construction and operation of photovoltaic power plants in France, Thailand and the United Kingdom.

http://www.enerzine.com/1/19132+bouygue ... -est+.html


Bouygues Energies & Services / Negros solar farm, Philippines

http://www.batiactu.com/edito/bouygues- ... -44002.php

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Solar energy: India inaugurates the largest photovoltaic plant

Jean-Luc Goudet, Futura-Sciences Posted on 01 / 12 / 2016

India has just inaugurated, after an eight-month project, a photovoltaic power station that aligns impressive numbers:

648 megawatts of maximum power,

2,5 millions of solar panels, cleaned by a robotic system,

10 square kilometers,

Power supply, at maximum power, from 150.000 fireplaces,

Total cost: 639 million euros.

The installation therefore detracts from the topaz farm in California with a power of 550 MW. It has just entered service in Kamuthi, Tamil Nadu, a large state in the south-east of the Indian peninsula, which already houses a large wind farm.

http://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/ ... lle-65387/


https://yourstory.com/2016/11/kamuthi-s ... r-project/

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Japan's first Total Photovoltaic Power Plant to Power 8 900 Fireplaces

Cédric Soares Factory New the 19 / 04 / 2017

Total, its subsidiary SunPower and the Japanese food group ISE announced Wednesday, 19 April, the commissioning of a photovoltaic plant in the Japanese archipelago. The infrastructure consisting of 80 000 panels are located in Nanao on Honshu Island. Total declares that they will feed 8 900 homes.



The solar panels will provide a little more electricity in the land of the Rising Sun. 27 megawatts exactly. Total, its subsidiary SunPower and the Japanese food group ISE announced Wednesday, 19 April, the commissioning of a photovoltaic plant. Its infrastructure is built in Nanao on Honshu Island in Japan.

80 000 high-yield panels are spread over 25 hectares of land belonging to the ISE group. Total announces that the plant will provide power to 8 900 homes.
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The project, started a year ago, meets the archipelago's anti-seismic standards.

The Nanao plant is owned by 50% by the ISE group, Total and SunPower, each with 25%. For Total, this is its first photovoltaic plant commissioned in Japan, country in which the group has been present for 60 years.

http://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/la ... rs.N528769

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I did not know Chinese as facetious:

A new solar farm in China in the form of ... panda

the 26 July 2017

Chinese company Panda Green Energy has built its first panda-shaped solar farm in northern China. It plans to build 99 others in the coming years.



First photovoltaic park "panda" in Shanxi Province

It is in the Shanxi province of northern China that was connected in late June part of the Datong photovoltaic park (city of more than 3 million inhabitants). For now, 50 MW are connected and are being tested. 50 MW will be added with additional capacity by the end of the year.

This plant is a priori relatively conventional, both in its size and its characteristics. Seen from the sky, it has the shape of a giant panda spanning nearly 1 km2. Crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and lighter-film thin-film cells were arranged to reproduce the animal which is already the subject of many artifacts in China.

In total, this plant is the subject of an investment of 350 million yuan, or about 52 million. According to its operator Panda Green Energy (1), it could produce, once its full power reached (100 MW), close to 3,2 TWh of electricity during its 25 years of operation, ie 128 GWh per year (load factor of 14,6%) and the equivalent of the annual power consumption of almost 30 000 Chinese (2).

By substituting for coal, this plant could avoid the consumption of nearly one million tonnes of fuel over 25 years and the associated emissions of 2,74 million tonnes of CO2 according to the operator's estimates.

A communication campaign around renewable energies

In the next five years, Panda Green Energy promises to roll out its "Panda 100 Program" which consists of building 100 photovoltaic parks in the form of a panda, including outside China (especially in Fiji, a country that has announced the construction of a smaller plant than Datong) (3). The United Nations Development Program (UNEP) (4) supports this project and plans to hold summer camps in these solar parks to educate Chinese children and adolescents about sustainable development (5).

These parks are thus all communication tools to promote the development of renewable energies, especially in China where energy consumption still relies for more than 60% on coal (6). The seductive panda is used as "a climate ambassador and ambassador of peace, delivering to the world our desire for a green planet," said Li Yuan, CEO of Panda Green Energy.

The 100 "Panda Power Plant" project, which is valued at nearly $ 3 by Panda Green Energy, is part of the "Belt and Road" action plan of the Chinese government and the United Nations. This initiative, supported by 68 Country, aims to develop infrastructure along the historic Silk Road linking Europe and Asia.

China has invested heavily in renewable energy in recent years. In 2016, the country has accounted for nearly 46% of new photovoltaic capacity installed in the world according to the IEA (7). According to forecasts by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), the contribution of renewable energies in the Chinese power generation mix could reach 55% at the 2040 horizon (against 25,8% in 2016 (8)).

http://www.connaissancedesenergies.org/ ... nda-170726