WORLDWIDE
STEPPING UP SOLAR
VINCI Concessions is multiplying photovoltaic electricity generation projects within the network and aims to achieve a future capacity of 2 GWp. VINCI Airports has brought into service the expanded solar plant at Las Américas airport in the Dominican Republic. The company is also set to bring the large-scale solar plant project that it launched at Lyon-Saint Exupéry into service in 2025, with a capacity of 20 MWp. What’s more, VINCI Highways – via its subsidiary Lima Expresa – commissioned its solar production programme for self-sufficiency in Peru. The aim of the programme is to equip six additional operational bases with solar panels to produce around 141 MWh, which should cover around half of the energy needed to power the Lima Expresa’s operational bases. And VINCI Autoroutes has identified around 1,000 hectares of land in its network that could eventually accommodate 200 solar power plants, offering a total capacity of over 1 GWp. Construction of the first plants will begin in 2025.
TOULON HYÈRES
AN AIRPORT LEADING THE WAY
In 2024, Toulon Hyères airport reached the net zero emissions target for its own activities (Scopes 1 and 2). The first airport in France to do so, it has Level 5 ACA accreditation – the highest granted by the ACI – and is one of the world’s 10 most advanced airports for decarbonisation. Beyond the efforts made to reduce the site’s direct emissions, this certification also recognises actions taken to help the airport’s stakeholders decarbonise their own activities. Solar canopies operated by SunMind were also inaugurated this year, providing up to 690 MWh per year of green electricity to power the airport. Any excess energy produced that the airport does not use will be reinjected back into the grid, contributing to the decarbonisation of the region. And to capture its residual emissions (48 tonnes of CO2 over 30 years), Toulon Hyères has also teamed up with the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, the French forestry agency (ONF), the Méditerranée Portes des Maures regional community and the town of Lavandou to restore a section of the Lavandou forest.