Neoen wins 130MW in French solar tenders

• All 9 projects granted under CRE 4.10 are due to be commissioned in 2023

Neoen has been granted 130MW of ability in France's require tenders for ground-based solar projects.

The 130MW granted in CRE 4.10 includes 9 projects from 4MW to 43MW in size and also Neoen is the majority investor in each.

Six out of nine plants are to be improved rehabilitated land, such as former quarries, landfill websites or former aerodromes.

The nine projects are mainly situated in the southwest (Nouvelle Aquitaine) and eastern (Grand Est) regions of France with also projects in Indre-et-Loire, the North and also in Sarthe.

The plants are scheduled to be commissioned in 2023.

Guillaume Decaen, French development supervisor at Neoen, said: "All nine projects submitted won their tenders, which highlights Neoen's management in France.

" The 130MW allotment is the biggest Neoen has actually been awarded to date in a French federal government solar power tender, making an overall of 500MW over the course of the CRE 4.

" I wish to thank our local partners for their trust fund, as well as the teams of our five regional workplaces whose relations developed with local stakeholders led to this success."

At 42.8 MW, the Romilly solar plant in Aube in the Grand Est region will certainly be among Neoen's biggest in France.

The plant is being improved the site of a former army aerodrome.

In the same region, the 6.7 MW Lorraine Airport plant will generate energy from solar carpark shelters.

In the southwest (Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine), the 13MW Labouheyre project located on a formal timber shop takes Neoen's complete operating power in Landes to 70MW.

Also in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the Poullignac plant in Charente is built on a former landfill site. These projects take the variety of Neoen solar parks in the region to 18.