Parc solaire flottant sur le Lac des Toules

Parc solaire flottant sur le Lac des Toules is a power station in Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Entremont District, Valais. Parc solaire flottant sur le Lac des Toules is situated nearby to the peak Pointe des Plans Sades, as well as near Croix de Tsousse.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lac des Toules and Petit Vélan.

Lac des Toules

Reservoir

Photo: Fiesch, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lac des Toules is a reservoir in Valais, Switzerland, at Bourg-Saint-Pierre. Its surface area is 0.61 km2. It has a €2.2 million floating solar plant that was flown in by helicopter in 2019, and delivers 800 MWh/year. The dam Les Toules was completed in 1963.

Petit Vélan

Peak

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The Petit Vélan is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located south of Bourg-Saint-Pierre in the canton of Valais. It lies NW of Mont Vélan. Petit Vélan is situated 3 km east of Parc solaire flottant sur le Lac des Toules.

Le Mourin

Peak

Le Mourin is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located west of Bourg-Saint-Pierre in the canton of Valais. On its south-east side the mountain overlooks the Lac des Toules. Le Mourin is situated 3½ km northwest of Parc solaire flottant sur le Lac des Toules.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bourg-Saint-Pierre and La Fouly.

Bourg-Saint-Pierre

Village

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Bourg-Saint-Pierre is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Bourg-Saint-Pierre is the highest inhabited locality of the valley and the last village when ascending the Great Saint Bernard Pass. Bourg-Saint-Pierre is situated 4 km north of Parc solaire flottant sur le Lac des Toules.

La Fouly

Village

Photo: Aaquilino, Public domain.

La Fouly is a village in Val Ferret in the Swiss canton of Valais. At an altitude of 1,600 metres, it is part of the municipality of Orsières. It sits at the foot of Mont Dolent and the Tour Noir in the Mont Blanc massif. La Fouly is situated 8 km west of Parc solaire flottant sur le Lac des Toules.

Liddes

Village

Photo: Dodoïste, CC0.

Liddes is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Liddes is situated 9 km north of Parc solaire flottant sur le Lac des Toules.

Parc solaire flottant sur le Lac des Toules

Type: Power station
Category: industry
Location: Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Entremont District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

45.91158° or 45° 54′ 42″ north

Longitude

7.19861° or 7° 11′ 55″ east

Open location code

8FQ9W56X+JC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1081015671

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