EDF Renewables has commissioned five solar farms in the Negev Desert in Israel totalling 101MW.
The projects are the 60MW Mashabei Sadeh, 14MW Pduyim, 13MW Mefalsim and 7MW each Kfar Maimon and Bitha facilities.
They are located on 130 hectares and comprise of 307,400 solar panels.
EDF secured the rights to develop four of the plants in a mid-2017 tender to generate electricity at €47 a megawatt-hour. Mashabei Sadeh was acquired at the project stage in a separate deal in 2017, the company added.
The plants bring EDF’s total solar capacity in Israel to almost 300MW across 17 projects.
EDF Renewables chief executive Bruno Bensasson said: “The commissioning of these photovoltaic power plants reinforces EDF Renewables’ leading position in Israel, where we already have over 25% of the installed capacity from renewable energy sources.
“Through its CAP 2030 strategy in France and globally, EDF is delighted to contribute here to the fight against climate change in Israel, with strong ambitions in solar, storage, and wind power.”