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SolarinBlue Secures EUR 6 Million Public Funding for Méga Sète Project

The funding is to support innovation which will enable the pre-commercial demonstrator project for an offshore solar farm to get off ground.

June 29, 2024. By News Bureau

SolarinBlue has announced EUR 6 million in funding for the Méga Sète project. The funding has been granted by the French Government as part of the France 2030 program, operated by ADEME, the French Agency for Ecological Transition.

It aims to develop and deploy a 1 MWp offshore solar farm to supply the port of Sète-Frontignan with low-carbon electricity. The consortium includes SolarinBlue, Technip Energies, the University of Montpellier and Sorbonne Université - Océanologique de Banyuls-Sur-Mer. SolarinBlue's offshore solar success story continues in the Mediterranean Sea.

France's first photovoltaic port as part of the Méga Sète project will cover an area of one hectare. Annual production is expected to exceed 1,300 MWh. As part of its decarbonisation goal, the electricity will be transferred via an undersea cable to offer renewable energy to the port of Sète-Frontignan's infrastructure.

The company has brought together leading industrial and academic players at Méga Sète to set the first milestone in the industrialization of the technology. A consortium supported by the Occitanie Region brings together leading companies and universities based on technology, the project will benefit from the offshore expertise of Technip Energies. It also creates a floating photovoltaic solar solution developed specifically for the maritime environment.

SolarinBlue's technology also brings synergies with offshore wind farms, whether fixed or floating. Offshore wind farms and solar farms can share the same connection, reducing investment in infrastructure and increasing renewable electricity production on the same offshore site and it aims to create offshore wind-solar hybrid farms. The aim is to launch Europe's first 1 GW projects by 2030.

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