Ciel & Terre International Overview
Ciel & Terre International, established in 2006 is headquartered at Sainghin-en-Mélantois, France. The company has been developing large-scale solar power plants for commercial, government and non-profit organisations. Company has a dedicated floating solar solution named Hydrelio System, a segment which caters floating solar panels & EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) solutions since 2013.
Recently, Ciel & Terre International announced that they have started construction on a 70 MW floating solar plant in China’s Anhui province for China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group (CECEP). It is expected that the complete construction of the installation will be done till the end of 2017. The company also said the site features several reservoirs and that the plant will utilize over 194,000 PV modules, divided between 13 floating arrays.
The company operates in two major business segment named floating solar solution and services. Floating solar solution segment offers Hydrelio Technology and its benefits, whereas, services provide project development services, EPC, financing and operations & maintenance. The company has subsidiaries such as FLOATING SOLAR UK, CIEL TERRE JAPAN, CIEL & Terre China, Ciel & Terre Taiwan, Ciel & Terre Asean & Oceania, Ciel & Terre USA, and Ciel & Terre Brasil.
Strategy
The company sees expansion of their solar energy operations as key strategy and continued partnership & collaboration of the services with solar module providers and solar energy solutions companies to the existing global network. Company achieves all facets of the development progression by providing design, engineering, financing, legal, construction, operation and maintenance services for floating solar systems. Company believes in providing sustainable and efficient solar solutions at affordable cost alternative to fossil fuels.
