CEO, Jean-Bernard Lévy said in a press
release that the plan will be implemented between 2020 and 2035 by EDF’s
renewable energy arm, EDF Energies Nouvelles. All of the plan’s
announced new capacity will be deployed in France, the company said, and
will add to projects currently under development in foreign markets.
Lévy
stressed that 30 GW is four times more capacity than France’s current
cumulative installed PV power, which currently totals around 7.7 GW.
The
company said it will now mobilize all of its resources, to implement
the plan; and that it will cooperate with local public authorities to
identify the necessary locations for the development of its large-scale
solar projects, which are expected to be positioned close to nuclear
power plants, reconverted industrial wastelands or dismantled sites.
The plan also entails development of floating solar plants on
hydroelectric sites.
"The Solar Power Plan is of an unparalleled
scale and marks a real turning point in EDF’s development of solar power
capacity,” Lévy stressed. "It is a concrete illustration of the goals
outlined in the Group’s CAP 2030 strategy, which was initiated in 2015
and aim to double the Group’s installed renewable energy capacity by
2030. EDF now has a new roadmap in renewables for the next fifteen
years,
” the CEO added.
EDF is active in several PV markets outside France, including among others Brazil, Chile, Mexico, the United States, Canada, UAE, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, where it submitted the world’s lowest bid to date for a large-scale solar project.
In June, the company announced the launch of a new solar PV self-consumption offering under the Mon Soleil and Moi banner, which will become EDF’s sole offering for residential customers in France.
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