French government awards Heliotrop consortium €16M for manufacturing facilities, CPV installatiions

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Heliotrop’s HCPV1024 consortium was recently awarded €16 million by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), which will support a total investment program of €44 million to build manufacturing facilities and install Heliotrop CPV modules.

The consortium features companies specializing in applied research, industrial manufacturing and power plant operations. Partners include CEA, CNRS, GMD, éolane, Exosun, Neoen, Compagnie Nationale du Rhone and INEO GDF Suez. Its overall goal is to generate solar power at grid parity and create nearly 800 sustainable jobs over the next three years.

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