{"id":5722,"date":"2025-01-16T09:08:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T08:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cc.in2p3.fr\/?p=5722"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:08:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:08:56","slug":"photovoltaic-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cc.in2p3.fr\/en\/photovoltaic-panels\/","title":{"rendered":"Installation of photovoltaic panels on the roof of CC-IN2P3"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The CC-IN2P3 is going solar!<\/h3>\n<p>Installed on the roof of the CC-IN2P3 in summer 2024, <strong>356 photovoltaic panels<\/strong> were successfully commissioned on 16 January 2025, as soon as the administrative authorisations were received. The 141 kWp [1] installation is expected to produce up to 160 MWh [2] per year. This modest electricity production nevertheless represents a reduction in the carbon footprint of nearly 20 TeqCO2 [3] per year. It will cover the electricity needs of the tertiary building housing the offices and meeting rooms.<\/p>\n<p>Following the gradual replacement of lighting with LED systems over the past decade and the installation of a waste heat recovery system in the second computer room to heat a campus building, this new initiative is part of CC-IN2P3&#8217;s efforts to control electricity consumption and associated costs.<\/p>\n<p>It is fully in line with the <strong>CNRS<\/strong>&#8216;s commitments to energy transition and sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[1] kWp: <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Puissance_cr%C3%AAte\">kilowatt peak<\/a><br \/>\n[2] MWh: <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kilowatt-heure\">megawatt hour<\/a><br \/>\n[3] TeqCO2: <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89quivalent_CO2\">tonne of CO2 equivalent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CC-IN2P3 is going solar! Installed on the roof of the CC-IN2P3 in summer 2024, 356 photovoltaic panels were successfully commissioned on 16 January 2025, as<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":4644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cc.in2p3.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cc.in2p3.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cc.in2p3.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cc.in2p3.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cc.in2p3.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cc.in2p3.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5723,"href":"https:\/\/cc.in2p3.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5722\/revisions\/5723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cc.in2p3.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cc.in2p3.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cc.in2p3.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cc.in2p3.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}