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Make the most of your energy Le Gabardan - France Photovoltaic Power Plant EDF Energies Nouvelles is a 50% owned subsidiary of the EDF group. EDF EN is present in 10 European countries and in North America, and is one of the leaders in the renewable energies market, and particularly photovoltaic solar energy. The group’s objective is to reach a net installed capacity of 500MWp by the end of 2012. To achieve this, it has started the construction of the Gabardan photovoltaic power plant in the French department of Landes. This power plant has a potential total capacity of 76MWp. The power plant will be built on a 780-acre plot of land in the municipality of Losse in the Aquitaine region of France. There are 2 projects to this power plant: an innovative pilot project of 11,100 modules mounted on solar trackers, with an installed capacity of 2MWp, and 1,020,000 fixed photovoltaic modules, with an installed capacity of 74MWp. The future production of this power plant, which will be connected the national electricity grid, will be equivalent to the electrical consumption of almost 40,000 inhabitants. Electrical Energy - Photovoltaic PROJECT Gabardan Photovoltaic Power Plant Situation Losse - Nord East of the Landes Department - France Customer Customer: EDF Energies Nouvelles Application Complete electrical distribution solution Installed equipment Turnkey contract for 22 transformation stations of 1 MVA each, and 1 grid connection station, including sizing, supply, installation and commissioning CUSTOMERS BENEFITS • A reliable and experienced partner • A single contact for the stations • Minimum loss in the case of a fault thanks to the monitoring system that allows energy production to be remotely controlled • A 20-year maintenance contract for the inverters
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Make the most of your energy
Le Gabardan - FrancePhotovoltaic Power Plant
EDF Energies Nouvelles is a 50% owned subsidiary of the EDF group. EDF EN is present in 10 European countries and in North America, and is one of the leaders in the renewable energies market, and particularly photovoltaic solar energy.
The group’s objective is to reach a net installed capacity of 500MWp by the end of 2012. To achieve this, it has started the construction of the Gabardan photovoltaic power plant in the French department of Landes. This power plant has a potential total capacity of 76MWp.
The power plant will be built on a 780-acre plot of land in the municipality of Losse in the Aquitaine region of France. There are 2 projects to this power plant: an innovative pilot project of 11,100 modules mounted on solar trackers, with an installed capacity of 2MWp, and 1,020,000 fixed photovoltaic modules, with an installed capacity of 74MWp.
The future production of this power plant, which will be connected the national electricity grid, will be equivalent to the electrical consumption of almost 40,000 inhabitants.
Electrical Energy - Photovoltaic
PROJECT Gabardan Photovoltaic Power Plant
SituationLosse - Nord East of the Landes Department - France
CustomerCustomer: EDF Energies Nouvelles
ApplicationComplete electrical distribution solution
Installed equipmentTurnkey contract for 22 transformation stations of 1 MVA each, and 1 grid connection station, including sizing, supply, installation and commissioning
CUSTOMERS BENEFITS• A reliable and experienced partner
• A single contact for the stations
• Minimum loss in the case of a fault thanks
to the monitoring system that allows energy
production to be remotely controlled
• A 20-year maintenance contract for the
inverters
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Substation turnkey solution including: For the “fixed” project: @ 20 transformation stations of 1 MVA each, equipped with: > 2 GT500 inverters > 1 X 1000 kVA low loss transformer > 1 X medium voltage cubicle Sizing, supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance.
For the “pilot” tracker project: @ 2 transformation stations of 1 MVA each@ 1 grid connection station@ 40 array boxes@ All cables linking the two transformation stations and the grid connection station Sizing, supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance
Electrical Energy - Photovoltaic
Schneider Electric Projects & Engineering Center F-38050 Grenoble Cedex France Telephone: 00 (33) (4) 76 57 60 60 www.schneider-electric.com
OTHER REFERENCES@ Ground-based arrays- France - Réunion Island - SAPRIM (1 MW) - Spain - Badajoz - Almendralillo (4 MW) - Spain - Almería (7,76 MW) - Germany - Rote Jahne (6 MW) - France - Vinon Sur Verdon (4,2 MW) - France - Les Mées 1 (12 MW)
@ Buildings- Spain - Saragossa (10 MW) - Spain - Villacañas - Toledo (2,5 MW) - Spain - Molina De Segura - Murcia (300 KW)
Pilot “tracker” project single-line diagram
For both the “fixed” and pilot “tracker” projects:
Monitoring system:@ Data acquisition centre in each transformation station @ Global data acquisition centre in the grid connection station @ Local and remote monitoring station
