Waldpolenz Solar Park
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Building approval has been given for the Waldpolenz Solar Park, which will be the world’s biggest photovoltaic (PV) power system, at a former military air base to the east of Leipzig in Germany. The power plant will be a 40-megawatt solar power system using state-of-the-art thin film technology, and should be finished by the end of 2009.[1] 550,000 First Solar thin-film modules will be used, which will supply 40,000 MWh of electricity per year.[2]
The installation will be in the Muldentalkreis district in the state of Saxony in eastern Germany, to be built on half of the location’s 220 hectares in the townships of Brandis and Bennewitz. The investment cost for the Waldpolenz solar park amounts to some Euro 130 million.[3]
[edit] See also
- Energy policy of the European Union
- Photovoltaics
- Pocking Solar Park in Germany
- Renewable energy commercialization
- Renewable energy in the European Union
- Solar power
- Solar power station in Victoria
- Wind power in Germany
[edit] References
- ^ Building Approval Granted for 40 MW Photovoltaic Project
- ^ World’s largest solar power plant being built in eastern Germany
- ^ Building Approval Granted for 40 MW Photovoltaic Project
