{"id":30578,"date":"2026-05-06T07:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T07:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/?p=30578"},"modified":"2026-05-06T07:09:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T07:09:02","slug":"de-gaulle-fleurance-advises-urbasolar-on-the-first-long-term-direct-renewable-electricity-purchase-agreement-concluded-with-the-french-ministry-of-the-armed-forces-and-veterans-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/de-gaulle-fleurance-advises-urbasolar-on-the-first-long-term-direct-renewable-electricity-purchase-agreement-concluded-with-the-french-ministry-of-the-armed-forces-and-veterans-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"De Gaulle Fleurance advises Urbasolar on the first long-term direct renewable electricity purchase agreement concluded with the French Ministry of the Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>De Gaulle Fleurance advised Urbasolar on the conclusion of a long-term direct renewable electricity purchase agreement, or Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), with the Ministry of the Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs, covering the development, construction and operation of a solar power plant in Salbris, in the Loir-et-Cher department.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our lawyers Jonathan Souffir, partner, Thomas Vaseux, senior counsel, and B\u00e9atrice Boisnier advised Urbasolar on the negotiation of this unprecedented PPA concluded with the Ministry of the Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As the successful bidder for the contract awarded on 30 March 2026, Urbasolar will be responsible for the financing, development, construction and operation, for a period of thirty years, of a photovoltaic power plant with a capacity of approximately 42 MWp on a former military site which closed in 2018. This contractual arrangement represents a landmark transaction for the direct procurement of renewable electricity by public entities in France. By enabling the Ministry of the Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs to secure a supply of renewable electricity at a controlled price for thirty years, without any initial investment, it demonstrates the ability of public buyers and private operators to combine the energy transition, budgetary resilience and asset enhancement.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Located on a former 110-hectare disused munitions depot, the Salbris site will undergo an exemplary redevelopment. Thirty hectares will be used for the solar farm, whilst the forest and ecosystems on the remainder of the site will be preserved. The project incorporates an environmental approach based on avoidance, reduction and offsetting measures, with particular attention paid to the protected species identified on the site. Construction of the plant is expected to begin before the end of 2028, with commissioning scheduled for 2030.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The solar power plant is expected to generate approximately 50,182 MWh per year, equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of over 10,000 households. This output will cover approximately 3.7% of the Ministry of the Armed Forces\u2019 annual electricity requirements and will contribute directly to the government\u2019s carbon neutrality targets, whilst helping to enhance the value of public land and the armed forces\u2019 energy sovereignty.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_xs\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container container-xs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textColumns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 snk-textColumn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cWe are delighted to have supported Urbasolar in negotiating this landmark PPA, which marks a significant step in the structuring of direct purchases of renewable electricity by public entities. This transaction demonstrates the ability of PPAs to serve as an effective contractual tool for the energy transition, cost control and the sustainable development of public land\u201d, said Jonathan Souffir, B\u00e9atrice Boisnier and Thomas Vaseux, lawyers at De Gaulle Fleurance.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De Gaulle Fleurance hat Urbasolar beim Abschluss eines langfristigen Direktstromliefervertrags (PPA) mit dem franz\u00f6sischen Verteidigungs- und Veteranenministerium beraten. Der \u00fcber 30 Jahre angelegte Vertrag umfasst Finanzierung, Entwicklung, Bau und Betrieb eines Solarparks von rund 42 MWp auf einem ehemaligen Milit\u00e4rgel\u00e4nde in Salbris; der Zuschlag erfolgte am 30. M\u00e4rz 2026, Baubeginn ist vor Ende 2028 geplant, die Inbetriebnahme 2030. Erwartet werden j\u00e4hrlich ca. 50.182 MWh, was rund 3,7 % des Strombedarfs des Ministeriums deckt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":472,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_co_authors":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,37],"tags":[],"type_content":[170],"class_list":["post-30578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deals","category-energy","type_content-news"],"acf":{"homepage_featured_article":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/472"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30585,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30578\/revisions\/30585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30578"},{"taxonomy":"type_content","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assetphysics.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type_content?post=30578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}