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Europe’s energy valley?

Solar in Provence: Vice-President of the French giant ENGIE (ex GDF-Suez), Thierry Lepercq, reveals the contents of a major strategic study to pv magazine. If its recommendations are applied concretely, the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA) region of France could become the California of Europe with regard to solar PV.

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pv magazine

21 Feb 2017

Image: Siemens

ENGIE is not a small player. Directed by Isabelle Kocher, who is president of the Terawatt initiative, which promises ‘affordable solar energy for all’, this French group now has 159,900 employees worldwide, 2015 business was €69.9 billion. It is the world’s third largest non-oil energy group, and the world’s largest independent electricity producer. Engie delivers …

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