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Changing the face of solar power in Europe

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Europe's largest floating solar park, Les Ilots Blandin, is nearing completion after six years of development by Q ENERGY and its partners. With strong collaboration, local support and a commitment to sustainability, the project is setting new standards for floating PV and paving the way for future initiatives.

As you drive along the nearby motorway, you can already get a glimpse of the plant´s impressive size, but the true extent of Europe's largest floating PV park, Les Ilots Blandin, can only be realised from the air. Spread over 127 hectares and five disused quarries, there are around 135,000 solar modules with a total output of 74.3 MWp.

For nearly six years, Q ENERGY has been working with its partner consortium on the Les Ilots Blandin project. Now, the power plant is near completion. It is a perfect time to explore this extraordinary project in more detail with the team's Corentin Sivy and Jean-Luc Lopez.

'While the installation of a system of this size on solid ground would already be a huge task, the realization on water was an even greater challenge that required an extremely high level of expertise,' Jean-Luc Lopez, Q ENERGY's EPC director in France, emphasises.

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