MONEY THROUGH THE WINDOWS – In a small town in Normandy, this project desired by the then Minister of the Environment came to an end. Seven years after their installation, the photovoltaic panels were removed in May 2024.
In this series of articles, Le Figaro sets out in search of lost millions, wasted on useless or poorly sized projects, even though public finances are drained.
Above the solar route of Tourouvre-au-Perche (Orne), the Norman sky looks gray. This Monday, May 27, 2024, on departmental road 5, the solar panels were taken off the tarmac between two downpours, just 7 years after their installation. That day, a “experimentation” launched with great success, and into which millions of euros were poured, ended on the sly.
Backtracking. On December 22, 2016, the weather was not much better. Only Ségolène Royal's fuchsia pink coat stands out in this winter landscape of Perche. Not enough to discourage the Minister of the Environment of the Cazeneuve government, who parades, radiant, on the rue du Général de Gaulle like a model on a podium of the fashion week. The sound of her heels against the photovoltaic paving stones and the crackling of the cameras complete the picture. For the occasion, an armada of journalists came, for a few hours, to swell the population of Tourouvre-au-Perche, a village of 3,000 inhabitants located about twenty kilometers south of L'Aigle, in Orne.
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