Largest solar facility in New Caledonia

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The project involves building and operating a solar power plant with a capacity of 11.2 MWc in the South Province, in Boulouparis. The power plant, which is the largest existing solar facility in New Caledonia, comprises 43,000 panels covering 20 hectares. It was commissioned at the end of April 2017.It will provide an electricity supply equivalent to 5,400 households. The energy produced will be sold via a long-term power purchase agreement to Enercal, a semi-public company majority owned by New Caledonia. A similar (but smaller) project has also been financed at the same time in Temala in the North Province. It is the first photovoltaic power plant on customary land. All the materials selected for the facilities are recyclable, their lifespan is in line with the project, and the facilities installed are fully reversible. All the equipment which will be installed will be dismantled at the end of the operating period.