Cestas Solar PV Park is a 300MW solar PV power project. It is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in December 2015.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Solar PV | 300 | 300 | – | Active | Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France | Neoen |
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Description
The project is developed and owned by Neoen. The company has a stake of 40%.
Cestas Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 250 hectares.
The project generates 350,000MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 50,000 households. The project cost is $380.801m.
Development Status
The project got commissioned in December 2015.
Contractors Involved
The solar PV modules for the project were supplied by Canadian Solar, Trina Solar and Yingli Solar (China).
Schneider Electric supplied its Conext Core XC inverters to the project site.
Eiffage Energia S L U, Krinner and Schneider Electric were contracted to render operations & maintenance services for the project.
About Neoen
Neoen SA (Neoen) is a renewable energy company. The company carries out the development and design; construction project management, finance, and maintenance of renewable energy power plants. In addition, it monitors the construction work of power plants. It generates electricity from various renewable energy sources including solar, wind, and biomass. The company operates solar PV farms in France and lithium-ion power reserve in Hornsdale, Australia. It has operations in Ireland, Australia, Portugal, France, Mexico, El Salvador, Argentina, Zambia, Finland, and Mozambique. Neoen is headquartered in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
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