Renault signs huge solar electricity contract with Voltalia

French renewable electricity producer Voltalia announced on Thursday a 350-megawatt solar electricity supply contract with automaker Renault, enough to cover half of its long-term electricity consumption. Voltalia believes that this is the largest renewable electricity supply contract ever signed in France between a producer and a company.

Renault wants to halve its carbon emissions by 2030

Voltalia produces and markets electricity from its wind, solar, hydraulic, biomass and storage facilities.

Thanks to the photovoltaic panels that Voltalia will install at its sites, the power made available to Renault will be 100 MW in 2025 and will reach 350 MW in 2027, which will allow Renault to cover “up to 50% of the electricity consumption of its activities,” stresses Voltalia. The automaker wants to halve carbon emissions from its sites by 2030, compared to 2019.