Voltalia Wins a Mixed Photovoltaic as well as Battery Storage Nuclear Power Plant in French Guiana
- Voltalia is the sole champion of the fifth period of the CRE 4 tender for non-interconnected locations for ground-based solar power plants in French Guiana.
The project, called "Parc Sable Blanc", integrates a five-megawatt solar nuclear power plant with a lithium-ion battery storage center with an ability of 5 megawatts and of 9.3 megawatt-hours.
Located in the commune of Mana, in the heart of the very dynamic Western Guiana, close to the sea coastline and the boundary with Suriname, "Parc Sable Blanc" was made to create throughout the day thanks to exceptional sunshine and also inject its manufacturing on the Guyanese electrical grid during the height from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. after sundown.
Completely established by Voltalia, the "Parc Sable Blanc" project will also be built and run by its groups. It will certainly benefit from an ensured selling tariff for two decades. As soon as appointed in 2023, "Parc Sable Blanc" will increase the power of the Toco facility to 19.3 megawatts with a capability of 25.6 megawatt-hours.
Voltalia presently operates solar, hydraulic, biomass and storage power plants in French Guiana with an integrated ability of 31 megawatts, allowing the coverage of virtually 10% of the major electricity grid intake.
Sébastien Clerc, Chief Executive Officer, concludes: "We are really proud to have won this new project which once more reinforces our existence on the area that saw the birth of Voltalia 16 years earlier. "Parc Sable Blanc" will certainly generate environment-friendly power at a more competitive price than thermal electrical power. Furthermore, in a region in strong growth whose electrical power grid, not interconnected, continues to be fragile, we wanted to join enhancing the predictability of electrical energy manufacturing infused right into the grid. I wish to thank our teams very warmly who, via this brand-new success, continue to make French Guiana an excellent display of Voltalia's knowledge and also advancement capability."