French utility Engie and developer Neoen are planning to invest about €1 billion ($1.2 billion) to build a 1-gigawatt solar-powered, low-carbon energy park in France, comfortably breaking records for Europe s largest solar project and incorporating green hydrogen production to supply transportation and energy needs.
The Horizeo project in western France’s Nouvelle-Aquitaine region will also include the development of a data center that will use power generated by the project. Engie said that remaining power not used by the green hydrogen electrolyzer or data center would be contracted out via power-purchase agreements, with no plans to take advantage of France’s renewable tendering programs.