The Curbans facility will have a total output of 33MW with approximately 145,000 PV panels producing 43.5 million kWh of renewable energy each year. It will cover 150 acres on a plateau at 3,280ft altitude. Commissioning of the facility is scheduled for August 2011.
Construction and operation of the facility will be carried out by a specially-created project company made up of GDF Suez and two financial partners: EuroFideme 2 (Natixis Environnement & Infrastructure) and SEIEF (Dexia). The company will carry the financial investments committed for the project.
GDF Suez and its joint venture partners will be in charge of the facility’s operation and maintenance during twenty years.
The project is part of GDF Suez’s plan to have a diversified electricity production base with an installed capacity of 10,000MW by the year 2013. The group has a production base of over 6,600MW of installed capacity in France, nearly 70% of which is derived from renewable sources.
