Recently, our Turkish colleagues have commissioned a turn-key solar energy project with a total capacity of 1.161 MWp in Merkez near the Bulgarian border. The ground-mounted plant has already been handed over to Edirne Giyim Sanayi, a leading textile company in Turkey. The PV plant was built for the company’s own electricity consumption and can cover 70 per cent of the energy demand. (more…)
Having access to electricity around the clock was certainly not taken for granted at Centre Béthel, a Catholic education centre in Chad. Its supply of energy, and therefore also of water, was dependent on diesel generators, which could only operate a few hours a day because of the high costs involved. A fundraising campaign has made it possible to install a new photovoltaic system with battery storage. The equipment now supplies solar-generated electricity around the clock and has also enormously increased the education centre’s financial flexibility. (more…)
Our solar parks do not only contribute to the energy transition in Germany. Regarding the growing land consumption, they are increasingly becoming important retreat areas for insects. On the occasion of the first World Bee Day on May 20th, here are seven reasons why solar parks are the ideal habitat for Maya the Bee and her co-workers. (more…)
We are very proud to announce the completion of the first large-scale PV plant our company has built in southern India. The 3-MW project in the state of Tamil Nadu is part of India’s open access policy, which offers private investors an incentive to invest in the power generation sector. Furthermore it combines a number of unusual aspects. (more…)
A few days ago we have signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for a 20 MW (AC) solar plant with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). The project was part of a 270 MW (AC) PV tender in the state of Odisha and assigned to us through a competitive auction process during 2016. The PV system is planned to be put into operation by late 2017. (more…)