Renewables developer Q Energy is to undertake constructing 320MW of its 15GW pipeline in Europe in 2023 and 2024.
The 320MW of ready-to-build wind and solar projects are all in France.
In the first quarter of 2023, Q Energy already started building six new projects for a total of 120MW in France.
The repowering of the Souleilla wind farm (24MW) in the Occitanie region, the first repowering project for Q Energy, which is scheduled to be commissioned in autumn 2023.
Two wind farms (Croix de Bertault and Croix de l’Erable) and one solar power plant (Sablé Rouge) under construction in the Nouvelle Aquitaine region, have a combined capacity of 42MW.
These three new projects, added to the existing portfolio of commissioned projects in the region, bring Q Energy’s installed capacity in Nouvelle Aquitaine up to 85MW.
The Le Langrois wind project (24MW), located in the Grand Est region, which is an extension of the Langres Sud wind farm, developed and built by Q Energy, operational since 2010.
The Chaume Solar project in the Pays de la Loire region (29MW), for which was signed a corporate power purchase agreement (cPPA) with the Les Mousquetaires group.
Three of these projects (Croix de l’Erable, Croix de Bertault and Le Langrois) with a combined capacity of 49MW were recently sold to Octopus Energy Generation.
In the second half of 2023 and early 2024, Q Energy is planning to progressively start construction of an additional 200MW portfolio of various types of projects.
They include PV power plants on polluted areas, the largest floating PV project in France, additional wind repowering projects as well as a first energy storage project.