Featured in Supersized Solar – 05-2015

The foundations for Europes heavyweight

300 MW Cestas: Europes largest PV power plant is taking shape. The 300 MW Cestas is different in a number of ways and some of the biggest names in solar have come together to make the project a reality. But one family-owned provider is keeping the project grounded.

By

Jonathan Gifford

22 Apr 2015

Around once a week, 76 year old Klaus Krinner flies from Bavaria to the Bordeaux region in southwest France. The reason is that Krinner likes to survey the progress at Europe’s largest PV project, Neoen’s 300 MW Cestas project. And quite a sight it is too. With an east-west orientation and closely packed rows of …

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