Located in the South of France, these plants will add up to Auchan Retail’s already existing solar power production which is generated from photovoltaic installations built in partnership with Helexia, a Voltalia subsidiary. At the same time, Auchan has a proactive approach to reducing its electricity consumption which has decreased 18% since 2014 in France. Helexia, Voltalia’s subsidiary, participated in achieving this goal through a multi-site energy management contract.
Auchan Retail now wants to accelerate. While further developing existing actions, the company will source solar power from new plants with a capacity of 61 megawatts, the equivalent of the power consumption of 43,000 people.