Toul-Rosières Solar Park

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Toul-Rosières Solar Park
Centrale solaire Rosières 003.jpg
CountryFrance
Location (Meurthe-et-Moselle)
Coordinates48°46′48″N 005°58′48″E / 48.78000°N 5.98000°E / 48.78000; 5.98000Coordinates: 48°46′48″N 005°58′48″E / 48.78000°N 5.98000°E / 48.78000; 5.98000
StatusOperational
Construction began2011
Commission dateAugust 2012
Construction cost€430 million
Owner(s)EDF Énergies Nouvelles
Marguerite Fund
Sonnedix
Operator(s)EDF Énergies Nouvelles
Solar farm
TypeFlat-panel PV
Site area367 ha (907 acres) footprint
Power generation
Units operational≈1.4 million
Nameplate capacity115 MW
135 MW (Planned)
External links
CommonsRelated media on Commons

The Toul-Rosières Solar Park is a 115 megawatt (MW) solar farm located at the , in France. Among other organisations the Air Base formerly housed the 21st Fighter-Bomber Group of the United States Air Force in the late 1950s.

The Park is the largest solar power station using photovoltaic technology in France. The project is developed by EDF Énergies Nouvelles (EDF EN).

The solar park has about 1.4 million thin-film PV panels based on CdTe technology made by the US company First Solar.[1] It covers area of 367 hectares (910 acres).

In 2012, the Luxembourg-based Marguerite Fund acquired 36 MW stake in the solar park.[2] 24 MW stake was sold to the independent power producer Sonnedix.[3]

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  1. ^ (in French) "Centrale photovoltaïque BA136 Toul-Rosières" (PDF). EDF EN. November 2011. Retrieved November 2012. Archived April 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Roca, Marc (11 January 2012). "Marguerite Fund Buys Into France's Largest Solar Park". Bloomberg. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  3. ^ Beetz, Becky (18 September 2012). "Sonnedix closes €90 million financing on 24 MW French PV project". PV Magazine.


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