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Saint-Benoît — 17 MW Solar

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Saint-Benoît is a 17 MW solar power plant located in France. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
17 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2015

Year online

Owner
Engie

Operator

Location
-21.04, 55.69

Coordinates

Insights

#384
largest in %s
#2,850
largest %s worldwide
#20,629
largest worldwide
2015
%d yrs older than avg
352
operated by %s
18
plants within 100 km

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Solar
Capacity
17 MW
Commissioned
2015
Status
Operational
Owner
Engie
Country
France
Coordinates
-21.038, 55.685

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
1,103 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
33,098 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
41 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

240
cars / year
147
homes / year
50,149
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

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Port-Est bioenergy power plant

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Le Port

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20MW · 2015

Sainte-Rose

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16MW · 2015

Saint-Louis

France · Solar

11MW · 2015

Mda Mill

France · Biomass

11MW · 2015

Sainte-Marie

France · Solar

11MW · 2016

About this plant

Saint-Benoît is a 17.07 MW solar power plant in France.

Ranked #36 of 773 solar plants in France. Its 17.07 MW represents 0.34% of France’s total solar capacity of 5,029 MW. The largest solar plant in France is Cestas at 301 MW, making Saint-Benoît 17.6 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Port-Est bioenergy power plant (210 MW, Biomass), Le Port (19.97 MW, Solar), and Sainte-Rose (15.73 MW, Solar). The facility is located on the island of Réunion, approximately 40 km from Saint-Denis.

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