Theprojects represent a breakthrough in scale terms for Paris-based Photosol,which claims to have developed 63MW in France since it was established fiveyears ago – with a 250MW pipeline waiting in the wings.

The arraysare being built in the Auvergne and Midi-Pyrénées regions, with three of themset in pastureland and the other on the edge of a forest. Photosol’s localpartner Jayme da Costa Energie is handling EPC work.

Photosolmanaging director David Guinard says the company tapped First Solar for thefirst time on the basis of its modules’ “unrivalled bankability” and“cost-competitiveness”.

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