Waldpolenz Solar Park
The Waldpolenz Solar Park is a 52-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power station built by German developer and operator Juwi at a former military air base near Leipzig, Eastern Germany. When completed by the end of 2008, it was the world's largest thin-film solar park using CdTe-modules.[1]
Initially, the solar power plant's nameplate capacity was 40 MW, consisting of 500,000 state-of-the-art solar panels provided by U.S. manufacturer First Solar, and generated 40,000 MWh of electricity per year.[2] The solar park was then extended with another 153,650 panels, also provided by First Solar, to a final capacity of 52 MWP in 2011[3]
The installation is located in the Muldentalkreis district in the state of Saxony in eastern Germany, built on half of the location's 220 hectares (543.6 acres)[4] in the townships of Brandis and Bennewitz.[5] The investment costs for the Waldpolenz solar park have amounted to some 130 million euro.[2]
See also
- Energy policy of the European Union
- List of photovoltaic power stations
- Photovoltaics
- Pocking Solar Park in Germany
- Renewable energy commercialization
- Renewable energy in the European Union
- Solar power
References
- ^ World's largest solar power plant being built in eastern Germany
- ^ a b Building Approval Granted for 40 MW Photovoltaic Project
- ^ "juwi Solar Presents New Large-Scale Projects and Innovations". Juwi press release. 31 August 2011.
- ^ "Map of site footprint of Waldpolenz Energy Park". Wiki-solar. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ eXenewable Project Profile Page - Waldpolenz, PV, Germany
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