With 66,565 solar panels, the most powerful photovoltaic power plant in Sarthe has been inaugurated

Loirécopark, the most powerful photovoltaic power plant in Sarthe, was inaugurated on Tuesday June 25, 2024 in Vaas, in the south of the department. Its production would be equivalent to the electricity consumption of “20,000 inhabitants, heating included”.

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“We were waiting for the weather to be good for the inauguration. » It couldn’t have come at a better time for the project manager, Paul Apperé, with sunglasses on his nose, while the blazing sun makes all the white construction helmets of all his colleagues present shine. This Tuesday, June 25, 2024 is a big day for their Parisian company Neoen. It is inaugurating with great fanfare the Loirécopark solar park, in Vaas in the south of Sarthe. The opportunity for many guests (including local elected officials) to stroll in the shade of the giant structures that host the trifle of “66,565 solar panels”explains Paul Apperé. After work that lasted two years, the solar power plant has been operational since November 2023.

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