SNCF Gares & Connexions launches a pilot project for photovoltaic tiles at Sedan station

SNCF Gares & Connexions

This strategy also anticipated incentive regulations including the Climate & Resilience law of 2021. It is applicable to buildings and requires, depending on their use and surface area, the installation of greenery or solar devices on roofs.

SNCF Gares & Connexions is experimenting with an innovative project at Sedan station: the installation of photovoltaic tiles. Sedan was chosen for this experiment because of its unique characteristics, which make it the ideal site.

The station benefits from adequate energy consumption, large oriented roof sections allowing diffuse production during the day and a framework in good condition.

Following an in-depth analysis, a business consultation file and a call for tenders were launched to select the most suitable service provider for this mission, according to rigorous technical and financial criteria. The company Le Bras Frères was thus selected to carry out the work.

The Sedan station project

Sedan station will benefit from 1.200 m2 of renovated roof, 890 m2 of which will be equipped with photovoltaic tiles. This system will produce 95 megawatt hours per year in renewable energy, equivalent to the consumption of 20 homes. The station will consume 60% of this production, while the remaining 40% will be sold to EDF Obligation Achat. The modest weight of the photovoltaic tiles did not require reinforcement of the framework.

SNCF Gares & Connexions is determined to be at the forefront of the ecological transition and to continue to innovate for sustainable mobility for all.

The Arm Brothers Company

Le bras Frères, specialist in the restoration of historic monuments and heritage.

The company Le bras Frères, a family business founded in 1954 in Jarny, in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), is one of the major players in the restoration of historic monuments and heritage and the only French company capable of carrying out the shell and cover of a building.

Specialist in the field of framework and roofing, it serves communities, companies and individuals for heritage restoration work on an international scale. The group now has nearly 300 employees spread across 4 entities in the departments of Meuse, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Ile-de-France, and the Angers region. With their subsidiary EUROPE ECHAFAUDAGE, created in 2001, the group can boast high-level know-how for the realization of scaffolding work, wood and metal framework, wood joinery, all types of roofing and cladding, cut stone and waterproofing.

Le Bras Frères is committed to restoring, protecting and enhancing historical heritage, whether public or private, by embodying artisanal tradition and industrial innovation with manufacturing processes combining traditional techniques and modern technologies, which allows it to respond to a wide variety of projects.

Its design office, integrated into the company, offers quality construction solutions in compliance with standards and the environment.

SunStyle Company

SunStyle combines photovoltaics, aesthetics and heritage preservation.

SunStyle is the market leader in solar tiles and the symbol of French excellence and know-how in the photovoltaic field.

Deployed for the first time in 2010 on a large scale on the roofs of the Saint-Charles International Market buildings in Perpignan, the Google campus in San Francisco and the Hyatt hotel (19th century building) in Rouen, the eponymous solar tiles have since spread and been implemented in around fifteen countries on all types of buildings.

Designed and assembled in France with high-quality components mainly produced locally, the quality, durability and performance of SunStyle solar tiles are certified by two Technical Opinions and their presence on the green list of the Construction Quality Agency (AQC).

They are resistant to wind pressures of categories 1 to 4 (Eurocodes), as well as those encountered in cyclonic zones. They are also certified to resist hailstones of 50 millimeters in diameter (RG5 classification), as well as snow conditions encountered at high altitudes.