ATLANTA, GEORGIA (By Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Mar.2026, Words: 120) — TotalEnergies and Holcim inaugurated in Belgium a floating solar power plant with a capacity of 31 MW.
The plant is located in Obourg on a former chalk quarry site that has been rehabilitated into a lake.
The solar power plant produces 30 GWh per year of renewable electricity, which is self-consumed by Holcim’s industrial facilities, making it the largest floating solar power plant in Europe dedicated to self-consumption, TotalEnergies said in a 20 Mar. 2026 press statement.
To maximize landscape integration, more than 700m of horizontal directional drilling were carried out to connect the panels to the electrical substation.
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