Toul-Rosières Solar Park

Solar farm in Toul-Rosières, France

48°47′N 5°59′E / 48.78°N 5.98°E / 48.78; 5.98StatusOperationalConstruction began2011Commission dateAugust 2012Construction cost€430 millionOwner(s)EDF Énergies Nouvelles
Marguerite Fund
SonnedixOperator(s)EDF Énergies NouvellesSolar farm TypeFlat-panel PVSite area367 ha (907 acres) footprintPower generation Units operational≈1.4 millionNameplate capacity115 MW
135 MW (Planned)External linksCommonsRelated media on Commons

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The Toul-Rosières Solar Park is a 115 megawatt (MW) solar farm located at the former Toul-Rosières Air Base, in France. Among other units, the airbase formerly housed the 21st Fighter-Bomber Group of the United States Air Force in the late 1950s, before being handed over to the French Air Force.

The park is the largest solar power station using photovoltaic technology in France. The project was developed by EDF Énergies Nouvelles (EDF EN).

The solar park has about 1.4 million thin-film PV panels based on CdTe technology made by the US company First Solar.^[1] It covers an area of 367 hectares (910 acres).

In 2012, the Luxembourg-based Marguerite Fund acquired a 36 MW stake in the solar park.^[2] A 24 MW stake was sold to the independent power producer Sonnedix.^[3]

References

^ (in French) "Centrale photovoltaïque BA136 Toul-Rosières" (PDF). EDF EN. November 2011. Retrieved November 2012. Archived April 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ Roca, Marc (11 January 2012). "Marguerite Fund Buys Into France's Largest Solar Park". Bloomberg. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
^ Beetz, Becky (18 September 2012). "Sonnedix closes €90 million financing on 24 MW French PV project". PV Magazine.