RES unveils 40 MWp solar PPA with French railway operator

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French rail network operator SNCF Voyageurs will be the off-taker of almost 40 MWp from solar parks that UK-based RES Group will build in France.
Through its subsidiary SNCF Energie, the French firm has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with RES, which will see the latter build and operate the photovoltaic (PV) parks from 2021. The contract has a term of 15 to 20 years, RES said on Thursday.
The UK group will install the solar farms in the Alpes de Haute-Provence and Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur departments of southern France and will bring them online between 2021 and 2023. The combined output of the plants is expected to be around 60 GWh per year and their production should cover 2% of the required for SNCF Voyageurs’ entire rail train traffic power consumption.
The UK group will install the solar farms in the Alpes de Haute-Provence and Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur departments of southern France and will bring them online between 2021 and 2023. The combined output of the plants is expected to be around 60 GWh per year and their production should cover 2% of the required for SNCF Voyageurs’ entire rail train traffic power consumption.
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Last summer, SNCF Energie struck a 25-year PPA with French renewable power producer Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA) for about 143 MWp of solar PV capacity. This contract, as well as the latest one, is in line with parent SNCF Voyageurs’ goal of using 40%-50% of renewable electricity for its railway operations by 2025.


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