(AOF) – Industrial group specializing in renewable energies, Vergnet announces the signing of a first contract and the completion of its first photovoltaic installation site in early May. This installation is located in a town in Indre on the industrial building of a transport company that wishes to produce electricity for self-consumption in order to reduce its energy costs and limit its carbon footprint by producing green electricity.
Vergnet works actively with local communities. He decided to create a training center, “Vergnet Académie”, in order to compensate for the lack of installers given the dynamics of the photovoltaic market.
It is also a means of differentiating itself from its competitors by providing real added value. In partnership with the CFA de la Métropole and the CFA-BTP Centre-Val de Loire, the opening of the center is scheduled for the last quarter of this year.
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