VOLTALIA (EPA:VLTSA) Voltalia : Two winning solar projects in France within the “CRE IV” national public tender

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Press release
August 1st, 2017

Two winning solar projects in France within the "CRE IV" national public tender

Voltalia (Euronext Paris, ISIN code: FR0011995588), an international player in
renewable energies, announces that two solar projects with a total capacity of
8 MW have been selected by the French ministry for Ecological and Social
Transition under the "CRE IV" national call for tenders, the results of which
have been announced on July 28 ,2017.

After winning projects during the previous CRE I(1), CRE II(2) and CRE III(3)
national call for tenders, Voltalia confirms its competitiveness on the French
market. The two winning solar projects, Tresques (3 MW) and Parroc (5 MW), are
located in Occitanie and Nouvelle Aquitaine, two French regions where
competition for the tender was fierce due to their good solar resources.

The Tresques (Gard) and Parroc (Haute-Vienne) solar power plants will benefit
from a 20-year contract for difference(4) starting from the commissioning of
the plants, expected at the latest in July 2019. As in previous calls for
tenders, Voltalia paid particular care to the selection of the construction
sites: the Tresques project will be built on a former industrial site, on the
heap of a building-material factory. The Group also included for the first time
the possibility to resort to participative funding.

These two solar power plants will cover the electricity consumption of nearly
4,000 French households(5), without greenhouse gas emissions.

This news highlights Voltalia's long-term foothold in metropolitan France where
the Group continues to develop a significant pipeline of solar, wind and hydro
power projects.

Next on the agenda: H1 2017 results on September 25, 2017 (post trading)

About  Voltalia (www.voltalia.com)

* Voltalia is an international player in renewable energies, and a multi-source
  electricity producer (wind, solar, hydropower and biomass) with an installed
  capacity of 501 MW and provides services to third party customers.
* Voltalia is established in 15 countries on 4 continents and has a global
  capacity that is at the service of its clients.

(1) See press release dated July 30th, 2012
(2) See press release dated April 1st,2014
(3) See press release dated December 7th, 2015
(4) Implemented by the 2016 French energy Act (" loi relative à la transition
    énergétique pour la croissance verte "), the contract for difference system
    ("complément de rémuneration") consists in a premium price granted to the
    electricity producer to compensate the difference between the market price
    and the tariff fixed in the tariff order or stated in the terms of the call
    for tender
(5) Sources : INSEE, INES and RTE

* Voltalia has been listed on the Euronext regulated market in Paris since July
  2014 (FR0011995588 - VLTSA) and has entered the Enternext Tech 40 index in
  April 2017.

Actifin
Investor Relations: A. Commerot, acommerot@actifin.fr
Media Relations: J. Jullia
+33 (0)1 56 88 11 11

Voltalia Chief Administrative Officer: Marie de Lauzon
invest@voltalia.com
+33 (0)1 44 63 14 40

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