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Arkolia Energies is a French company specialized in renewable energy production facilities: methanization plants, solar photovoltaic plants and wind turbines.

History
The company was founded in 2009 by Laurent Bonhomme and Jean-Sébastien Bessière. In 2016, it inaugurated the largest orientable photovoltaic power plant in France (15.4 MWp) in Soler (Pyrénées-Orientales). The same year, it raised two funds on the participative financing website Lendopolis.

In 2017, it bought Idex énergies' renewable energy development activities, i.e. four wind projects and three methanization projects. In 2018, it completed its first fundraising, for €15 million.

On June 14, 2021, the president and founder of the company, Laurent Bonhomme, died at the age of 51, which led to a reorganization of the company's management.

Activities
Arkolia Energies builds and operates power plants from various renewable resources, including solar, , , but also biogas and wind power. At the end of 2017, it operated power plants for a total of 108 MW, in mainland France and the French overseas territories. Its projects are sometimes developed in partnership with other companies in the sector, such as EDF Renouvelables and VSB Énergies Nouvelles.

Its partnership with the company Motooma allows it to have SIM cards that reduce the management costs of solar power plants. The company has a Research and Development division that files about ten patents per year for a budget of one million euros, including energy storage and smart grid technologies. In particular, it has developed a thick-film methanation technology and is working on integrating biological methanation into the conversion of electricity into gas.

Based in Mudaison (Hérault), the company has five other agencies in France, in Gap, Nantes, Paris, Rodez and Toulouse. 