EDF to power French trains
EDF Renouvelables is to supply electricity from a 20MW solar plant to SNCF Energie, a subsidiary of French rail operator SNCF Voyageurs, under a 20-year power purchase agreement. Construction of the project, which is located in the municipalities of Lachapelle-Auzac and Souillac in the Lot department, will start in the coming months, EDF said. Commissioning is scheduled for 2023. The plant's annual production will amount to 25 gigawatt-hours, which corresponds, for example, to about half of the electricity consumption required for the movement of TGVs between Paris and Lille each year, EDF sa...
Source: renews.biz
