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Engie and Air Liquide join forces to develop green hydrogen A cooperation agreement was signed by the French corporations to launch the HyGreen Provence project, which is expected to produce annually 1300 GWh of solar electricity and 10,440 tons of green hydrogen by 2027.
Catherine Rollet
Nov 18, 2019
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French consortium develops hybrid storage and co-generation system The Smart Energy Hub can operate in electrolysis mode to store renewable energy as hydrogen, or in fuel cell mode to produce electricity and heat from previously produced hydrogen or methane. Its developers are the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission and start-up Sylfen.
Catherine Rollet
Nov 05, 2019
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EDF Pivots towards bigger electric vehicle and storage activity The French energy giant has acquired U.K. start-up Pivot Power, which has a 2 GW pipeline of storage projects in Britain.
Catherine Rollet
Nov 05, 2019
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EDF secures a slice of UK supermarket Tesco’s corporate solar plan The French energy giant will provide supermarket Tesco with electricity from 17 rooftop PV installations and two wind farms for a renewables portfolio generation capacity of 59 MW. The groceries retailer has announced plans to install 187 solar rooftops.
Catherine Rollet
Oct 28, 2019
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Solar delivers cheapest power in Jamaica Neoen has completed the 51 MW Paradise Park solar plant in the Caribbean. The facility will generate electricity for the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited for US$85/MWh over 20 years.
Catherine Rollet
Oct 04, 2019
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Corsica hosts 5 MW/7.5 MWh solar plant with Tesla batteries The project is in Giuncaggio, in the northeastern part of the French island, and was built with Tesla Powerpack batteries, a Nidec power management system and a new power management device from the project’s developer Corsica Sole.
Catherine Rollet
Oct 04, 2019
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France to fund innovative off-grid renewables projects in Africa The French development agency and the environment ministry have a €1.6 million budget to finance novel off-grid projects from companies and NGOs operating with local partners in Africa.
Catherine Rollet
Sep 24, 2019
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French postal service aims to deliver stable energy bill using renewables The La Poste Group wants one or more green corporate PPAs, to be procured through a tender. The postal service wants to hedge against volatile energy prices.
Catherine Rollet
Sep 17, 2019
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Total expands solar business in Asia The French oil giant and China’s Envision Group are forming a joint venture offering PV systems combined with energy management solutions. Total Eren is also involved in a 100 MW solar project in Uzbekistan.
Catherine Rollet
Sep 16, 2019
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