We have run a few posts on the new solar power station in the old quarry at Lexos. But this a dwarf compared with the site being developed at Cestas, in the flat lands of Aquitaine, south of Bordeaux.
Over 260 hectares the site will provide up to 300 megawatts of power, about one third of that of a normal nuclear power station and at 105 euros per mwh, compared to 114 euros per mwh projected for the UK's newest nuclear plants.
A quirk of the planning laws in France does not allow a photovoltaique plant to produce more than 12 mgw, nor adjoining ones to have the same owner so here we have 25 separate plants, each with its own management company with individual shareholders.
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