18.01.2012: A spokesperson for French renewable energy company EDF Energies Nouvelles told PHOTON that the company planned to withdraw its request for permission to build a 261 MW solar power plant in Beaucaire, in southern France. However, the spokesperson said the company does plan to eventually refile the request at a later, unspecified date. The company decided that it would withdraw its request following “a complicated process of consultation with the authorities in charge.” The planning department of the municipality of Beaucaire told PHOTON that the examiner in charge of the permitting process had issued both a positive and a negative opinion on the project. According to the municipality, the request is now in the hands of another agency that is expected to issue a final opinion at the end of February. When it was officially proposed in Jan. 2011, the project triggered much controversy among French solar companies and solar associations, which accused EDF EN of taking too large a share of the few incentives available to the French solar industry. According to media reports, the investment for the project is estimated to be between $827 and $993 million. ... Source: PHOTON http://www.photon.info |
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