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Voltalia SA
Voltalia starts the construction of the Tresques and Parroc solar plants (8
MW) in France
20-Dec-2018 / 18:16 CET/CEST
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Voltalia (Euronext Paris, ISIN code: FR0011995588), an international player
in renewable energies, announces today the start of the construction work
for the Tresques and Parroc solar plants, for a total capacity of 8 MW
Won by Voltalia in last year's CRE 4 call for tenders, the Tresques (3 MW)
and Parroc (5 MW) solar power plants are located in the Occitanie and in the
Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions, respectively.
The Tresques power plant will upgrade a former industrial site, on the heap
of a building material factory. Over an area of 3.9 hectares, the power
plant will be equipped with 7,840 solar panels and will cover the
consumption of over 2,000 people, which is more than the population of the
municipality.
As for the Parroc power plant, it will equipped with 11,490 solar panels,
over an area of 5.8 hectares of unused land located in the vicinity of a
light industrial area (including a sawmill, a public works company,
commercial premises.). The power plant will cover the consumption of over
3,000 people, equivalent to the number of inhabitants of the local town.
Both plants should be commissioned in the third quarter of 2019 at the
latest and will benefit from a 20-year power sale contract[1].
"The start of the construction of the Tresques and Parroc solar plants
rounds out a very active year for Voltalia on the French market. With 63 MW
of new projects awarded since the beginning of the year and 58 MW currently
under construction, we are closing 2018 on very promising results. Thanks to
our multi-energy expertise, and while maintaining a very selective approach,
we have launched projects in wind, solar, biomass, small hydro and storage",
comments Sébastien Clerc, Chief Executive Officer of Voltalia.
"With 253 MW currently in construction in Europe, LatAm and Africa, our
construction teams are mobilized to build Voltalia's capacity growth", adds
Sébastien Clerc.
Next on the agenda: Q4 revenues on January 23, 2019
About Voltalia (www.voltalia.com [1])
· Voltalia is an international player in the renewable energy sector. The
Company produces and sells electricity generated from wind, solar, hydro
and biomass power plants; it owns a total installed capacity of 524 MW as
of today.
· Voltalia is also a service provider, assisting its investor clients
active in renewables at each project stages, from conception to operation
and maintenance.
· With 490 employees in 18 countries over 4 continents, Voltalia is able
to act worldwide on behalf of its clients.
· Voltalia has been listed on the Euronext regulated market in Paris since
July 2014 (FR0011995588 - VLTSA) and is a component stock of the Enternext
Tech 40 index and the CAC Mid&Small index. The Group is also included in
the Gaïa-Index, an index for socially responsible midcaps.
Voltalia Actifin
Chief Administrative Officer: Marie de Press Contact: J. Jullia
Lauzon
+33 (0)1 56 88 11 11
Investor Relations: invest@voltalia.com
+33 (0)1 81 70 37 00
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[1] Under the contract for difference scheme: introduced by the 2016 law on
energy transition for green growth, the additional remuneration mechanism
enables producers to compensate for the difference between revenues from the
direct sale of electricity on the market and the level of reference
remuneration set by the tariff decree or the provisions of the call for
tenders.
Regulatory filing PDF file
Document title: PDF -ENG
Document: http://n.eqs.com/c/fncls.ssp?u=CSFYBOCNBW [2]
Language: English
Company: Voltalia SA
84 boulevard de Sébastopol
75003 Paris
France
E-mail: invest@voltalia.com
Internet: www.voltalia.com
ISIN: FR0011995588
Euronext Ticker: VLTSA
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