en.Wedoany.com Report on Mar 24th, French energy company TotalEnergies, in collaboration with Swiss building materials company Holcim, has recently commissioned a 31 MW floating solar photovoltaic power plant in Obourg, Belgium. The project is located on a lake formed from a rehabilitated former chalk quarry and is expected to generate approximately 30 GWh of renewable electricity annually. All the electricity produced will be used for Holcim's own industrial consumption, making it currently the largest self-consumption floating solar installation in Europe.

To minimize environmental impact and ensure grid connection, the project utilized horizontal directional drilling technology spanning over 700 meters to connect the photovoltaic array to the substation. Olivier Greiner, General Manager of TotalEnergies Belgium Retail Electricity and Gas, stated, "We are delighted to inaugurate this floating solar power plant, which demonstrates the ability of TotalEnergies teams to innovate in order to meet the needs of our partner Holcim. We support Holcim and other industrial customers in their efforts to decarbonize their operations."

TotalEnergies is continuously expanding its renewable energy portfolio, covering solar, onshore and offshore wind power, and complementing them with flexible assets such as gas turbines and energy storage to provide stable, low-carbon electricity. The company plans to achieve a total installed renewable energy capacity of over 34 GW by early 2026 and aims to reach a net electricity generation of more than 100 TWh by 2030.

By the end of 2023, TotalEnergies' operations spanned approximately 120 countries. Its total renewable energy portfolio capacity exceeded 41 GW, including 12 GW of installed solar capacity and over 25 GW of projects under development, further supporting its low-carbon energy development goals.