Toul-Rosières Solar Park
Solar farm in Toul-Rosières, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Toul-Rosières Solar Park | |
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Country | France |
Location | Toul-Rosières, (Meurthe-et-Moselle) |
Coordinates | 48°47′N 5°59′E |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 2011 |
Commission date | August 2012 |
Construction cost | €430 million |
Owner(s) | EDF Énergies Nouvelles Marguerite Fund Sonnedix |
Operator(s) | EDF Énergies Nouvelles |
Solar farm | |
Type | Flat-panel PV |
Site area | 367 ha (907 acres) footprint |
Power generation | |
Units operational | ≈1.4 million |
Nameplate capacity | 115 MW 135 MW (Planned) |
External links | |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
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]