Alpiq France is supporting Etex, the global leader in lightweight construction solutions, in its decarbonisation strategy by signing long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) for renewable wind and solar energy.
These agreements enable Etex to secure its electricity supply from two solar power plants and one wind farm located near its consumption sites in France, which is the company’s largest market. Over the next 15 years, Alpiq France will deliver a total of 450 GWh of renewable energy – the equivalent of the average annual consumption of 7,000 French households. The operation of these new renewable energy facilities will help reduce residual carbon emissions in France by more than 10,000 tonnes over the duration of the contract.
This is the first long-term agreement of its kind in Etex’s history, ensuring that the company’s 18 factories and sites in France will benefit from a real-time supply of green energy tailored to their specific consumption profiles.
These contracts complement Etex’s existing short-term PPAs and form a key part of its broader sustainability strategy. Etex aims to reduce the intensity of its greenhouse gas emissions (CO₂e emissions) for scope 1 and 2 by 35% by 2030.1,2
Alain Bourgeois, Purchasing Category Manager Energy at Etex, stated: “We have a dual objective: to reduce our carbon emissions across our entire value chain and to design low-emission products and solutions that help our customers minimize their environmental impact throughout the lifetime of their buildings. This new contract with our partner Alpiq in France marks another important milestone toward achieving our ambitions.”
France remains Etex’s largest market, representing 19% of the company’s total revenue. Nearly 1,800 employees work across 18 sites in the country – including factories, quarries, offices, and R&D centers – and Etex markets well-known brands such as Siniat, Cedral, EQUITONE, Eternit, Promat, Remagin, and URSA.
Alpiq France provides both packaged and customized PPA solutions to meet the specific needs of its customers. These offerings address the need for price stability in the electricity market, especially with the end of the ARENH mechanism, and help industries decarbonize their energy supplies. By structuring contracts with multiple producers and various renewable technologies, Alpiq France can adapt in real time to each industrial customer’s electricity consumption. PPAs can be seamlessly integrated into comprehensive supply contracts, at no additional cost and without intermediaries. This approach demonstrates Alpiq France’s commitment to developing tailored products and, alongside its electrification and consumption flexibility solutions, advancing the decarbonization of electricity in France.
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¹ The residual emission factor in France for 2024 is 23.52 g CO₂e per kWh (source: AIB).
² Scope 1 refers to direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced by the company. Scope 2 includes indirect GHG emissions associated with energy use, but not directly emitted at the company’s sites.