Curbans
The plant, located in the municipality of Curbans, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the southern French Alps, was built on land defaced by years of exploitation as a material-extraction quarry.
Developed since 2010 by the Akuo teams, this 15 MWp solar plant became operational in 2020.
![Curban](/sites/default/files/styles/phablet/public/2023-01/dji_0400.jpg?itok=NmYhq1K0)
Akuo's photovoltaic power plant in Curbans, a positive-energy commune!
A virtuous project on many levels
A positive energy commune
Located next to the river Durance, in an exceptional setting that is characteristic of the southern Alps, the Curbans plant has given a renewed strategic appeal to land too degraded to support other activities, and notably farming. It provides locally generated renewable electricity to 5,000 homes, helping to make Curbans a positive energy municipality!
![curbans projet akuo](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-01/17bis.jpg?itok=ZdAdGlyL)
Structure trackers
Another feature is that the plant is equipped with trackers that rotate to follow the sun’s journey across the sky. This innovative technology, which has been well-proven by Akuo over recent years, has a major advantage in that it enables more electricity to be produced that with a traditional fixed structure, and therefore requires less land to produce the same amount of power.
![Akuo Curbans](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-01/cakuo_curbans-3.jpg?itok=kReIp3gl)
Akuocoop
Lastly, Akuo wanted a portion of this project to be financed, via the AkuoCoop platform, by crowdfunding, enabling inhabitants and businesses in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department to play a leading role in their region’s energy autonomy and thus give real meaning to their savings.
![Akuocoop curbans](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-01/dji_0415.jpg?itok=EtjQ215P)