Q ENERGY officially inaugurated the 8.5MW Cahuzac-sur-Adour solar park in the Occitanie region of France on Friday, 28 November, alongside numerous local representatives.
The project involved converting a former quarry site in the Gers department into a renewable energy facility, marking Q ENERGY’s first park in that area.
The site, a Classified Installation for Environmental Protection (ICPE), was used for crushing and screening materials between 1993 and 2019. Its redevelopment into a solar power plant on an already artificial space supports the region’s development and the production of renewable energy.
The 14,500 solar panels across 7.5 hectares now provide renewable energy for nearly 5,000 people and avoid approximately 2,600 tonnes of CO2 annually.
The project aligns with the national plan to increase renewable energies and with Occitanie’s strategy to become an “energy-positive region” by 2050. With this addition, Q ENERGY now has 12 solar parks and 14 wind farms developed and/or built in Occitanie, supplying renewable energy to almost 400,000 people.
Maud Gaide, Solar Director at Q ENERGY, said: “This project was led in an exemplary manner by the teams at Q Energy. Collaboration with local elected officials enabled the development of a solar farm that is well integrated into its territory and whose economic benefits will enable local authorities to carry out projects and investments”.
The solar park incorporates an exemplary ecological approach alongside clean energy generation. Environmental measures include adapting fences for small wildlife movement, installing amphibian barriers, and planning hedge planting.
Soon-to-be implemented measures involve installing educational panels near the Adour hiking trail to raise public awareness of biodiversity and energy transition issues and reshaping an embankment to encourage the settlement of European bee-eaters.
Véronique Sauzay, Regional Solar Manager at Q ENERGY, noted: “The entire team working on this project was committed to developing a project that is consistent with environmental protection values.
“It is important that our green electricity production projects respect the natural characteristics of the sites on which they are located and enhance their ecological value”.
[Image caption: Solar parc Cahuzac-sur-Adour, France. Image credit: Absoludrones, Q ENERGY]
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