Austria’s biggest Citizens PV plant with locally produced solar panels

10/06/2017 | Print view

12,000 modules from Kioto Solar are installed at the Citizens solar power plant in Wermersdorf/Austria. - © Kioto Solar — © Kioto Solar

12,000 modules from Kioto Solar are installed at the Citizens solar power plant in Wermersdorf/Austria.

A 3.2 MW Citizens solar power plant was inaugurated in Austria with locally produced solar modules from Kioto Solar. Citizens get a yearly remuneration of three percent.

The PV power plant in Wernersdorf is Austria's biggest Citizens PV power plant in Austria. Citizens can buy a PV module for € 500. They are co-owner of the power plant and get a rental fee for their modules of three percent yearly.

Local solar module production

More than 12.000 PV panels were installed. They have a performance of 3.200 kW and deliver over 3.500.00 kWh power per year. The power plant can provide more than 1,000 households with green power from the sun. This saves 1,400 tonnes of CO2 per year. The PV modules were produced by Kioto Solar, who owns a production facility in Wernersdorf too. The inverters are from Fronius, the installation was done by a local specialist called Eco-Tec.at. (HCN)