French Western Guiana Solar PV Park is a 55MW solar PV power project. It is planned in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently at the under construction stage. It will be developed in a single phase. The project construction is likely to commence in 2021 and is expected to enter into commercial operation in April 2024. Buy the profile here.

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Description

The project is being developed by Hydrogene de France. Meridiam Infrastructure Finance SAr.l and Hydrogene de France are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 60% and 10% respectively.

French Western Guiana Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project.

The project is expected to generate 50GWh electricity and supply enough clean energy to power 10,000 households. The project is expected to offset 39,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year.

Development status

The project construction is expected to commence from 2021. Subsequent to that it will enter into commercial operation by April 2024.

Power purchase agreement

The power generated from the project will be sold to Electricite de France under a power purchase agreement for a period of 25 years.

Contractors involved

Siemens Energy is expected to render engineering procurement construction services for the solar PV power project.

Siemens Energy is expected to perform operations and maintenance for the solar PV power project for a period of 25 years.

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About Hydrogene de France

Hydrogene de France (HDF Energy) is a power producer specialized in mass storage of electricity and non-intermittent renewable energy generation. The company develops, finances, builds and operates industrial energy infrastructures specialized in hydrogen-based technologies including high-power fuel cells, mass storage units connected to an electricity grid, and multi-megawatt Renewstable electricity plants. It also offers services that include power production and supply, hydrogen-based mass storage of energy or electricity, and short term battery storage. Its project CEOG (Centrale Electrique de l'Ouest Guyanais) produces power to households across French Guiana. HDF Energy caters to utility companies, local authorities, manufacturers, service providers, and mine operators. The company has operations with power fuel cell manufacturing facility in Australia. HDF is headquartered in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

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This information is drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center, which provides detailed profiles of over 170,000 active, planned and under construction power plants worldwide from announcement through to operation across all technologies and countries worldwide.