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Groupe Casino
Casino launches a new business in the photovoltaic energy sector through
dedicated subsidiary GreenYellow
First implementations on Reunion Island, the pilot deployment area
Casino has created GreenYellow, a wholly-owned subsidiary that will
develop photovoltaic (PV) systems on store roofs and parking lot shade
structures. The new
venture will leverage the Group's expertise in property development,
construction and operation, as well as the favourable geographic
location of its stores, a majority of which are in sunny regions. One
example is Reunion Island, where the Group's Indian Ocean subsidiary
Vindémia is a partner in creating value from this promising business.
As a designer and promoter of solar power generating systems,
GreenYellow has defined an ambitious development programme that
initially involves equipping all of the Group's sites located in the
south of a Bordeaux-Grenoble line, as well as in Corsica and Reunion
Island. This represents potential capacity of more than 250 MW.
Further out, non-Group clients will be able to benefit from
GreenYellow's expertise to equip their parking lots, commercial and
industrial buildings with rooftop PV systems.
For this purpose, GreenYellow has forged strong ties with such
recognised specialists as SMAC (Bouygues) for sealing, Schneider
Electric for electrical equipment and Sunpower for
ultra-high-performance solar panels. For its projects on Reunion
Island, it has selected local companies to build the PV systems,
including SETB, Ineo and civil engineering contractors GTOI, Léon
Grosse and SBTPC.
GreenYellow has also designed a specific PV shade structure for
parking lots. This sophisticated manufactured structure's metal frame
and special foundations are
designed to withstand harsh weather conditions, as those for instance
experienced by Reunion Island.
Shoppers will benefit from more comfortable parking conditions, such
as protection from sun and rain. GreenYellow worked with GagnePark, a
specialised SME in central France, to develop this new product.
A first trial was carried out in April 2009 at Vindémia's Jumbo store
in Le Port on Reunion Island, involving four shade structures, 150 PV
panels and 20 parking spaces.
Deployment began in September 2009, with the construction of eight
solar power generating systems offering a combined capacity of 17.5
MW. Six units will be located on Reunion Island, at Jumbo stores in Le
Port, Saint André, Saint Benoît, Savannah and Sainte Marie and a Score
outlet in Saint Pierre. The other two will be built in Mayotte, at the
Jumbo in Mamoudzou, and in mainland France, at the Géant Casino in
Istres.
The systems are scheduled to come on stream in first-half 2010, with
the goal of deploying 70 MW of capacity by 2012.
In its role as the developer of one of the Green Energy Revolution
Reunion Island (GERRI) programme's flagship projects, GreenYellow is
establishing strong partnerships with local communities in the areas
of sustainable development, as well as employment and training. For
instance, discussions are underway with the Reunion General Council
for the inclusion in outsourcing contracts of a clause requiring
worksite job opportunities to be offered to the disadvantaged. Other
initiatives include internships for students, experimental research
opportunities for PhD candidates at the Saint Pierre technical college
and R&D with specialised professional institutes and the French Agency
for Energy and the Environment (ADEME).
In this way, GreenYellow will deliver benefits in three key areas :
- The shopping experience, as the shade structures protect customers
from the
rain and sun.
- The local economy and industrial base, thanks to the technical
content of the
company's systems and its potential for creating value.
- Society and the environment, in keeping with Casino's practices and
the French government's targets set at the Grenelle Environment Round
Table for quickly developing renewable energies.
Saint-Etienne - 19 October 2009
Press Contact : Karine Allouis, +33 (0)1 53 70 74 81,
kallouis@image7.fr
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