Phoenix Solar AG to build photovoltaic power plant in France

Phoenix Solar AG, a leading, TecDAX-listed international photovoltaic system integrator has been commissioned by E.ON Climate & Renewables GmbH to plan and build a solar power plant with a capacity of 1.5 megawatts in France.

E.ON Climate & Renewables, headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany, is responsible for the E.ON Group's global renewables and climate protection activities. Following the recent establishment of Phoenix Solar's French subsidiary, Phoenix Solar SAS, this project is an important major milestone in entering one of tomorrow's most important European photovoltaic markets.

Phoenix Solar will install the solar park near Le Lauzet in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region on a southern alpine slope at an altitude of 1,000 m. The company will be using crystalline solar modules spread across a four hectare site to generate some two million kilowatt hours of electricity annually.

This corresponds to the annual demand of about 600 households. Construction is scheduled to start end of October. The aim is to have the solar power plant connected to the grid before the end of the year.

"We are very pleased to be building our first megawatt project in France for E.ON Climate & Renewables. This is an opportunity for us to demonstrate our expertise and our long-standing experience in building solar farms in the megawatt range also in this market, which is new to Phoenix Solar," said Dr Andreas Hänel, CEO of Phoenix Solar AG.