Parc éolien des Puyats

Parc éolien des Puyats is a French onshore wind power project belonging to the portfolio of ESCOFI, an independent family-owned renewable-energy developer and operator based in Prouvy, in the north of France. ESCOFI was founded in 1988 by Antoinette and Jean Ethuin and has been active in renewable energy since 1995, when it acquired the 10 MW Senhora de Monforte hydroelectric plant in Portugal. Today the group develops, finances, builds and operates wind, photovoltaic and hydroelectric sites across France, working closely with local authorities and landowners. The Puyats wind farm is one of the wind-energy assets in ESCOFI's operating fleet. ESCOFI reports 53 turbines in operation, 162 MW in operation and 535 MW under development, spanning onshore wind, solar photovoltaic and hydroelectric projects. The company handles every phase of a project: site identification, institutional relations, studies, financial structuring, installation and operation of the parks. As a project-level brand, Parc éolien des Puyats does not have its own corporate identity, employees or consumer products; it is a named renewable-energy generation site within ESCOFI's French wind portfolio. Its public profile is tied to ESCOFI's positioning as a local, sustainable energy producer that generates economic and social benefits for host territories.

Parc éolien des Puyats is a French onshore wind farm developed and operated by ESCOFI, an independent family-owned renewable-energy group founded in 1988 in Prouvy, in the north of France. ESCOFI was created by Antoinette and Jean Ethuin following an earlier joint venture in grain trading. In its early years the company, based near the Escaut river, was involved in a range of mostly agricultural activities including grain storage, seed production, viticulture and river transport; it took its name from the river that supported its early economic development. ESCOFI's entry into renewable energy came in 1995, when its founders acquired the Senhora de Monforte hydroelectric plant in Portugal, a 10 MW facility. That investment set the direction of the company toward renewable-energy production. Over the following decades ESCOFI expanded into onshore wind and solar photovoltaic development in France, working with local authorities and landowners across all phases of project development, construction and operation. The Puyats wind farm forms part of ESCOFI's operating wind fleet. ESCOFI reports 53 turbines in operation, 162 MW in operation and 535 MW under development across wind, photovoltaic and hydroelectric assets. As a project-level asset, the Puyats wind farm does not have a separate corporate history; its development and operation are embedded in ESCOFI's broader renewable-energy programme in France.

• 1995

  ESCOFI acquires the 10 MW Senhora de Monforte hydroelectric plant in Portugal, marking its entry into renewable energy.

• 1988

  ESCOFI founded by Antoinette and Jean Ethuin in Prouvy, northern France.

A named onshore wind farm within ESCOFI's independent, family-owned renewable-energy portfolio in France.

• Parc éolien des Puyats

1. 1ESCOFI | L'énergie durable des territoiresescofi.fr
2. 2À propos d'ESCOFI | Développeur et exploitant d'énergies durablesescofi.fr
3. 3Parc éolien des Puyatswikidata.org