This week France’s Neoen celebrated the launch of its Fox Coulee solar farm, located in Starland County, Alberta.
Scheduled for commissioning in the coming weeks with a capacity of 93 MWp, the plant has been producing clean electricity since December 2023 and once fully operational, will produce around 100 GWh of green electricity per year, equivalent to the annual consumption of around 20,000 homes. It will avoid around 70,000 tons of CO2 per year.
Neoen develops, finances, builds and operates solar power plants, wind farms and energy storage solutions. The Fox Coulee solar farm is 100% owned by Neoen.
Neoen intends to sell a significant part of the electricity generated, together with the environmental benefits, via power purchase agreements. The remainder will be sold on Alberta’s deregulated electricity market. The farm will contribute to the target of achieving carbon neutrality by 2035 set by the Province of Alberta and the federal government.
Established in Calgary in 2022, Neoen has the ambition to become a leading player in Canada and has strengthened its position with this first solar power plant now in operation.
In addition to Fox Coulee solar farm, Neoen’s Canadian portfolio of secured projects already includes the 400 MW / 1,600 MWh Grey Owl Storage, located in Ontario, which is supported by a 380 MW / 4-hour capacity contract that has been awarded to Neoen last month.
Neoen’s flagship operations are France’s most powerful solar farm (300 MWp) in Cestas, Finland’s largest wind farm (404 MW) in Mutkalampi, one of the world’s most competitive solar plants in Mexico (El Llano, 375 MWp) and two of the world’s most powerful large-scale storage plants, both in Australia: Hornsdale Power Reserve (150 MW/193.5 MWh storage capacity) and the Victorian Big Battery (300 MW/450 MWh).