Fonroche Énergie is a French company, founded in 2008 by Yann Maus. Its headquarters are in Roquefort, Lot-et-Garonne, in the French department of Lot-et-Garonne. Its core business is renewable and alternative energy.
History
The company was founded in 2008 by Yann Maus.
In 2009, the first production line of 25 MWp photovoltaic modules was inaugurated. The same year, Fonroche Investments, an investment subsidiary dedicated to the production of solar energy, supported its first fund-raising projects.[1]
In 2010, the French investment company Eurazeo become partner of Fonroche capital,[2] investing €50 million over two years. A second production line was launched in Roquefort, allowing the company to increase its production capacity to 90 MWp per year.
2011 was a year of transition for Fonroche. In fact, the group extended its activities to an international scale by opening several subsidiaries in Europe (Switzerland, Spain and Ukraine), in Africa (Benin), in Asia (notably India), in the United States and in the Caribbean (Puerto Rico).[3]