Jura: Why biodiversity has become fragile at the Picarreau solar power plant

Although the production of the Picarreau solar power plant (opened in 2022) is satisfactory, the installation has affected the site's biodiversity, according to France Nature Environnement Jura, which believes that the operator "can do better."

Designated as a "major ecological issue" because it is threatened with extinction in France, the bacchante, a diurnal butterfly, has disappeared from Les Rochettes, the location of the Pïcarreau solar farm. Photo Willy Guillet

"Could do better." These are the words of Michel Dubromel, administrator of France Nature Environnement Jura (FNE Jura), regarding Corsica Sole, operator of the Picarreau solar park, and its management of the site's biodiversity.

The findings were made after three years of operation of the 27-hectare photovoltaic panel park . "Our association is in favor of renewable energy, but not just any...

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