Carrefour announces installation of solar panels on 350 of its car parks

The decision follows in particular the obligation for large retailers to install photovoltaic shades on their car parks of more than 2028 m³ by 1.500, with Carrefour choosing to get ahead.

The 350 shade houses equipped with solar panels that Carrefour will install will be financed by GreenYellow and will, according to a press release from the group, "achieve an electrical production of around 450 gigawatt hours per year, or approximately the consumption of a city of 200.000 inhabitants (...) within three years.

Carrefour hopes to produce enough to cover 20% of the needs of Carrefour stores, “at very attractive prices”. Surplus production, not stored, “will be resold”, indicates the group.

In April, three large-scale retail organizations denounced the timetable for implementing the APER law, which creates the obligation to install photovoltaic shade structures. They estimated that the 2028 deadline was too close for French factories to be able to produce enough panels to cover “70 million square meters of parking” in time.

The GreenYellow company was created in 2007 by Carrefour's competitor, Casino, which, in financial difficulties, sold all of its shares in May 2024 for 46 million euros.

Carrefour targets electricity consumption based 100% on renewable energies by 2030.

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