Neoen protects 92.5 MWp in French solar tender

• French renewable power producer Neoen SA (EPA: NEOEN) has actually been awarded 7 projects completing 92.5 MWp in the French federal government's PPE2 tender for ground-mounted solar parks.

The business stated on Thursday it is the majority shareholder of the projects, which range from 4.7 MWp to 30 MWp in size and also are anticipated to start operations in 2024 as well as 2025.

The projects lie approximately Nouvelle Aquitaine, Occitanie and Grand Est, the majority of them on former quarries, landfill websites or fallow farmland.

The winning plans consist of the first stage of the 10-MWp Valmont solar ranch in Moselle in the Grand Est region, located on land owned by the local authority at an obsolete industrial site. They also consist of the 8.5-MWp Saint-Rome-de-Cernon project in Aveyron, Occitanie, which stands for an agri-solar project with sheep grazing.

Neoen stated it has currently safeguarded 661.4 MWp in French federal government tenders in the past five years.

According to chairman and president Xavier Barbaro, the business's growth potential customers in its home market are huge. "More than ever, renewable resource plays an essential role in competition and power sovereignty, both major problems for France and for Europe and we are striving to speed up the transition," claimed Barbaro.

An overall of 71 projects were successful in the tender.