605 MW PV plant commissioned
At the moment, the power plant is Europe's largest operational PV project.
Image source: Hansainvest Real Assets
Germany, Hamburg: German investment firm Hansainvest Real Assets has successfully commissioned a 605 MW solar plant in Witznitz, near Leipzig, Germany. At the moment, the power plant is Europe’s largest operational PV project, surpassing Extremadura, Spain’s 500 MW Núñez de Balboa project.
The plant was developed by Move On Energy, which plans to install another 45 MW at the site by summer 2024. The construction of the project took less than two years, with the groundbreaking ceremony taking place in June 2022.
The developer deployed around 1.1 million solar modules over 500 hectares of the former “Witznitz II” open-cast brown coal mine, and as part of the project, new cycle and riding paths were created. Hedges were created along the fences around the location.
Hansainvest plans to test “parallel agricultural use on the area below the solar modules.” There is a test area of 5 hectares to 10 hectares for this purpose. In 2023, the company finalised a long-term PPA with Shell Energy Europe to purchase solar power from the facility.
Source: pv magazine
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