Beaulieu PV Power Plant
The Nantes Métropole Beaulieu power plant has been operating since April 2009. It is considered as one of the largest installations integrated downtown in France.
Programme and Energy specifications
View on the implantation site of the Nantes Métropole Beaulieu power plant
© Nantes Métropole, Ville de Nantes
The Beaulieu PV power plant is implemented downtown, on the top of the car-park which was erected within the renovation-extension of the Beaulieu shopping centre. This 1.4500 m² installation made of polycrystalline panels is to be realized within an innovative legal arrangement which specifies the conditions for installing the PV power plant under Nantes Métropole's ownership on a private domain (the shopping centre).
It is also aimed at raising public awareness thanks to this highlight project. Actually 2 totems display the electric output and the CO2 emissions saved to the 120.000 people who go every week in the shopping centre.
General Profile
Developer: Nantes Métropole Communauté Urbaine
Architecture and Energy Engineering: Sogreah Consultants
In service: April 2009
Peak Output: 182.2 kWp
Investment: 1.219.300 € (VAT excl.) (works: 95% - engineering: 5%)
Co-fundings: 319.000 € - EC Concerto, 21.000 € Etat-Ademe-Région Pays de la Loire, Conseil Général de Loire Atlantique
Technical profile
- Output: 182,2 kWp - 185 MWh/yr
- 911 polycristalline panels (1.510 mm x 995 mm - 200 Wc)
- Implantation site : 200 m x 16 m - 5 rows of panels
- 35 inverters
- 2 display totems
- a total of 906 m gutters collecting rain water at the bottom of the panels