7C Solarparken AG has acquired another open-space solar park developed, planned and built by IBC Solar AG with a total nominal output of 10 megawatts at the Oberwesterwaldbahn site in the German state of Hesse. A total of 36,300 solar modules now generate solar power between the towns of Dornburg and Elbtal. The 16.44-hectare solar park is equipped with modules from URE (a merger of Neo Solar Power, Solartech and GINTECH) and receives an average feed-in tariff of 6.08 euro cents per kilowatt hour.
As part of the partnership, IBC Solar takes on preventive maintenance services not only for the newly acquired solar park, but also for another 101 megawatts of open-area and roof-top systems from 7C Solarparken AG. Overall, the system house therefore performs preventive services, including medium-voltage protection tests for over 111 megawatts of the 7C portfolio.
Entrust maintenance to partner
“With the acquisition, our portfolio increases to over 210 megawatts,” said Steven De Proost, CEO of 7C Solarparken AG. "The new partnership with IBC Solar enables us to continually concentrate on repairs, monitoring and optimisation of the systems in-house and to entrust the necessary preventive maintenance and services to an experienced and well-known partner."
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"We are pleased about 7C's confidence in the quality and performance of our company and are very proud to be able to extend our partnership to the area of technical management," adds Udo Möhrstedt, CEO of IBC Solar AG. "In addition to the contribution to climate protection, renewable energies also have considerable economic potential – especially during and after times of crisis – which must be exploited."
Many economic advantages
Ralf Hennig, Head of Projects for Germany, adds: “The fact that we map the entire value chain of project business – from project development, planning and implementation to contract design, financing and technical management (O&M) – also results in many economic advantages for our customers. The overall risk is minimised, and the value retention and profitability of the PV system is increased." (mfo)
