The Crucey Solar Park is a 60 MW solar farm in
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
. It was built by
EDF Énergies Nouvelles in the communes of
Maillebois,
Crucey-Villages
Crucey-Villages () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department and Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It lies 38 km north-west of Chartres and some 95 km west-south-west of Paris.
Population
See also
*Communes of the ...
, and
Louvilliers-lès-Perche. It has 741,150 thin-film
photovoltaics
Photovoltaics (PV) is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry. The photovoltaic effect is commercially us ...
panels made by
First Solar
First Solar, Inc. is an American manufacturer of solar panels, and a provider of utility-scale PV power plants and supporting services that include finance, construction, maintenance and end-of-life panel recycling. First Solar uses rigid thi ...
.
EDF Energies Nouvelles commissions a 60 MWp solar power plant in Crucey – France
See also
*Photovoltaic power station
A photovoltaic power station, also known as a solar park, solar farm, or solar power plant, is a large-scale grid-connected photovoltaic power system (PV system) designed for the supply of merchant power. They are different from most building- ...
*List of photovoltaic power stations
The following is a list of photovoltaic power stations that are larger than 300 megawatts (MW) in current net capacity.Note that nominal power may be AC or DC, depending on the plant, and therefore any totals quoted are hybrid. SeAC-DC conundru ...
References
Photovoltaic power stations in France
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