• Stadtwerke Trier is financing the 30M-euro project fully from its own resources
• The 8.4 megawatt solar park is currently the largest thin-film solar park in Rhineland-Palatinate
• With an annual output of nine million kilowatt hours of electricity, the plant supplies around 2,400 homes and will conserve 100,000 tons of CO2 over 20 years
Hamburg / Trier, December 16th 2008 – Conergy Deutschland GmbH, one of the leading suppliers of products and solutions in the field of solar electricity generation, completed work in Trier (Rhineland-Palatinate) on what is currently the third largest thin-film solar park in the world. On behalf of Stadtwerke Trier (SWT), the solar concern built the fully equipped photovoltaic park, with a total peak output of 8.4 MW, after only six months of construction. Upon completion of the last segment, the solar power plant was able to be completely installed into the electrical grid. Capital expenditure for the megawatt project amounts to around 30M euros.
"We're very happy about the project's quick realization and we're proud that our plant is right away producing environmentally friendly electricity for homes in Trier" said Rudolf Schöller, the project manager at SWT who was responsible for the solar park. "Considering the great demand, we hadn't expected to obtain all the modules by year's end" stresses Schöller. The solar park was completed by Conergy in record time and has already been locked into the grid at the lucrative feed-in tariff of 35.49 cents per kilowatt hour - an attractive rate that the park operators will enjoy for over 20 years.
Conergy experts installed over 112,500 thin-film modules, supplied by the firm First Solar, across an area of 250,000 square meters. These were arranged atop 40,000 mounting systems, of the Conergy Solar Linea model, and linked to 28 inverter modules of the Conergy IPG 300K series. Effective immediately, the plant will produce annually over nine million kilowatt hours of clean electricity -enough to supply over 2,400 four-person homes all year around. And in the process, operation of the solar park will conserve 100,000 tons of CO2 over 20 years.
"The project shows that power supply companies have now discovered photovoltaics for themselves" says Conergy Deutschland Managing Director Jochen Kirmaier. He goes on to explain: "In light of the current capital market crisis, solar energy has now become a safe and sought-after investment. In addition to the attractive feed-in tariffs, these are, above all, qualitatively premium solar power systems". Conergy has designed and built large-scale photovoltaic plants for over ten years and for the fifth straight year has received the TÜV (German Technical Inspection Authority) Rhineland seal of approval for its products and services. As a downstream enterprise, Conergy stands to benefit above all from its vendor independence: The company is fixed to no particular module technology and can provide the appropriate photovoltaic solution to meet every demand within the field of thin-film and crystalline technology.
About Conergy Deutschland GmbH
Conergy Deutschland GmbH is one of the leading suppliers of products and solutions in the field of solar electricity generation. Their customers include companies and investors, power supply concerns and agricultural as well as solar power and electrical firms. The company designs and installs photovoltaic plants for large projects of 100 kilowatts and up. Small-scale plants are marketed over a nationwide partner network. The product portfolio is produced exclusively in Germany and encompasses all components of a photovoltaic plant. These products have been repeatedly recognized for their innovative technology and functional design. Conergy Deutschland GmbH is a subsidiary of the market-listed Conergy AG. With over 1,800 employees, Conergy AG is one of the worldwide market leaders in solar power system integration. The Conergy Group has a presence in 20 countries with headquarters in Austria and Switzerland as well. The German headquarters of Conergy Deutschland GmbH are in Hamburg. With five other locations in addition to Hamburg, the company has representation all across Germany, which affords easy access for customers nationwide. |