AG Real Estate commissions Urbasolar to install a giant rooftop solar energy system
Winners of the CRE4.12 Tender Competition on 11 July last, AG Real Estate has commissioned Urbasolar to design, build and then operate a solar energy plant to be located on their HAVLOG building. This is the largest logistics platform built from scratch in France and will soon carry the largest rooftop solar energy system of […]
Photovoltaics: an opportunity for the regions.
Interview with François Boussard, President of the Sud Sarthe Local Authorities Group (72) since 2017 Located on a former military munitions depot (ETAMAT in Aubigné-Racan) which closed in 1999, the solar energy plant project is part of the rehabilitation of the site which had already undergone explosives decontamination, dismantling of the military installations and ground […]
Local energy distributor and photovoltaics expert, partners in the development of renewable energy
Interview with Akhobi Sitou, Managing Director of SÉOLIS Group (79) The SÉOLIS Group’s core business occupies a specific geographical place in the energy sector, given that this company, with its 175 employees, is a long-established supplier of energy to the Deux-Sèvres department in the west of France. Due to its origins, being created by a […]
The sheep at the Badaroux solar power plant are at the heart of an eco-responsible community initiative.
Sheep at the Badaroux solar power plant – Photo credit: Urbasolar – Arc en Ciel The French agricultural development company (société civile d’exploitation agricole) “La Ferme de Pipo”, which belongs to the Arc en Ciel residential home at Pierrefiche, drove their flock of sheep from “Redoundel” to the Badaroux solar power plant, developed and operated […]
Meeting with two farmers committed to the Energy Transition!
In partnership with the Vaucluse Chamber of Agriculture, Urbasolar organized a visit to two of the ten solar greenhouses that the group has built in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA). Attended by the Presidents, elected representatives and employees of the PACA Regional Chamber of Agriculture and Vaucluse Chamber of Agriculture, as well as various partners (including GDA, […]
Almost €19 million raised by Urbasolar, thanks to the citizen’s funding!
Integrated within the territories, the company has financed 82 photovoltaic power plants through 4,250 local investors for a total amount of €18.7 million. “Greener” investors Due to COVID, the French have never saved as much as in 2020 and all experts agree that savings will remain high in 2021. However, this health crisis has somewhat […]
Gender Equality Index : a score of 96/100 for Urbasolar!
Published on 8 March by the Ministry of Employment, the Gender Equality Index is based on 5 calculation indicators. For 2020, Urbasolar achieved an excellent score of 96 out of 100. Photo Credit : Urbasolar
Urbasolar: No. 1 in the Large Buildings call for tenders!
With a 38% share of this market sector, or 33.8 MW, the Urbasolar group once again proved its winning performance in the CRE call for tenders. An expert in large solar-powered buildings Urbasolar has just been awarded 11 new projects, located in every part of mainland France. These projects cover commercial greenhouses, logistics warehouses and […]
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Urbasolar: Experts in self-consumption
SNCF, Carrefour, VICAT… have all chosen Urbasolar to deliver their solar self-consumption projects in France and around the world. Flagship projects In October 2019, France’s national railways, SNCF, inaugurated its new technicenter at Romilly (high-speed TGV parts maintenance center) with a staff parking lot fitted with self-consumption solar parking canopies. These 260 covered parking spaces […]
Urbasolar completes the largest financing in its portfolio of photovoltaic power plants to be built this year!
With the help of Bpifrance, Caisse d’Epargne Provence Alpes Corse and La Banque Postale, and with the participation of Crédit du Nord, this bank financing of €246 million relates to a portfolio of ground-based, floating power plant projects, photovoltaic parking canopies as well as roof-mounted systems. Supporting the Group’s rapid growth These 40 projects are […]
A photovoltaic greenhouse to increase production!
Interview with Stephanie Facon-Retaux, a grower in Berre l’Etang (French Department 13), just outside Marseilles Stephanie Facon-Retaux and her husband run a market garden and horticulture business in the town of Berre l’Etang, near Marseilles. They grow flowers and fruit both outside and in their greenhouses. “We started this solar-powered greenhouse project with Urbasolar so […]
