Akuo has commissioned a new floating solar power farm in Cintegabelle, near Toulouse in southern France.
With a capacity of 8.7MWp, the Cintegabelle plant is located on Cap Vert lake on the southern edge of the village on a 19 hectare man-made lake created when a gravel quarry ceased operations.
Floating solar technology has made it possible to rehabilitate the area by adding solar electricity production to its previous functions as a reservoir and fishing area.
The new floating photovoltaic power plant provides local and decentralised renewable energy to more than 2000 homes, thus avoiding over 900 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually.
The plant will be inaugurated in September. The Akuo Group is continuing to accelerate its activity in the field of floating solar, as a third floating solar power plant will come online in Gouts (Landes, southwest France) this autumn.
Eric Scotto, Akuo’s Chairman and Co-founder, said: “It is a source of immense pride for Akuo and all its teams to see this second floating plant become operational. Floating solar technology is crucial to meeting the energy challenges we must rise to together.
“At Akuo, we are accelerating this through our latest commissioning. We are also delighted to help a new production business model emerge, hand in hand with a longstanding partner, Octopus Energy, and our financial partners.”