Groupe ADP, manufacturer and producer Urbasolar and supplier GazelEnergie have announced the signing of a direct renewable energy supply agreement (corporate PPA). Groupe ADP will purchase the electricity production of three new photovoltaic solar parks to be built by Urbasolar for a period of 21 years. GazelEnergie will ensure the integration of these new renewable watt-hours into Groupe ADP’s consumption for the first three years. Thanks to the signing of this agreement, these new renewable energy production capacities will be built on French soil.
These three new solar farms will be commissioned in 2021 in the Gard, Var and Charente departments. Groupe ADP will thus be the first company in France to supply its electricity from solar parks specifically built in France for its own needs. They will be developed on a 40-hectare site for a total production of 47 gigawatt-hours per year, the equivalent consumption of a town of 15,000 inhabitants. They will supply 10% of the electricity required to operate the three Paris airports, i.e. almost half of the lighting requirements.
In line with its commitments, Groupe ADP wishes to make its airports a generator of attractiveness and regional development by contributing to additional green energy production in France.
This project is part of Groupe ADP’s commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. The development of renewable energies is central to the company’s environmental policy to reduce its CO2 emissions.