Lesaffre Signs a 20-year contract with Sun’R to Green Power its Marcq-en-Barœul Plant

Lesaffre signs the first solar CPPA (Corporate Power Purchase Agreement, a direct sale of electricity between a producer and a consumer) in the North of France, to supply the group’s largest yeast plant in Marcq-en-Barœul. This deal with Sun’R, a company founded 16 years ago and committed to the energy transition through photovoltaic projects and services dedicated to renewable energies, was made possible thanks to the support of Volterres, a supplier of green, local electricity and solutions to support the energy transition (a subsidiary of producer Sun’R. It enables Lesaffre to buy in a short circuit a part of the output from the Cambrai Niergnies Séranvillers-Forenville photovoltaic power plant.

This CPPA enables Lesaffre to benefit from part of the green electricity generated by the Cambrai-Niergnies Séranvillers-Forenville solar park (Nord), located a few dozen kilometers from Marcq-en-Baroeul. The Group will purchase the production of 25 MWp (Megawatt peak), or almost 25 GWh/year. The electricity will be delivered from July 1, 2023.

The signing of this CPPA is in line with the steps Lesaffre has been taking for several years to control its carbon footprint and energy consumption. Projects undertaken by the group include the installation of a biomass power plant at the LIS by Lesaffre site in Cérences (Normandy), the installation of a wind turbine at the Algist Bruggeman site in Belgium, and the signature in November 2022 of a 15-year partnership with ENGIE Solutions for the design, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of a waste heat recovery unit at the Lesaffre site in Marcq-en-Barœul.