INEOS Inovyn has today announced investment in HELIOS, a 90,000 panel solar farm spanning 30 hectares, to provide renewable electricity exclusively to its site at Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Belgium.
Through an exclusive power purchase agreement, the solar farm will provide over 57,000 MWh of renewable electricity every year to the INEOS Inovyn site, from 2024. Equivalent to the size of 56 football pitches it will be one of the biggest solar farms in Belgium and 'the' biggest ever to be built in the Wallonia region.
HELIOS is expected to produce renewable electricity equivalent to the annual consumption of around 16,000 households in Belgium.
Julien De Meersman, Energy Manager of the INEOS Inovyn site in Jemeppe-sur-Sambre said, "HELIOS will replace around 10% of our electricity requirement at Jemeppe, saving more than 14,000 tonnes of CO2 every year."
