Sonnedix plugs in 9.8-MW PV collection at France's former nuclear launch website

• Sonnedix Power Holdings Ltd announced on Tuesday that its 9.8-MW Simiane collection of three solar farms in southeast France began operations.

The Simiane plants-- Lavansol III, Lavansol IV and Lavansol VI-- have actually been exporting electrical power to the French grid because mid-July, the independent power manufacturer (IPP) claimed.

The PV cluster is located in the Plateau d'Albion, a former launch website for nuclear ground-to-ground ballistic missiles, now converted to create renewable energy. Sonnedix claims it operates seven solar farms within the Plateau.

EPC firm Solarpro supervised of the building and construction of the Lavansol trio. French grid operator Enedis worked on the transmission centers.

Sonnedix operates over 270 MW of solar plants in France, as well as has greater than 200 MW in the advancement pipe, the business added.