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Portugal

Nomad Electric commissions first PV plant in Portugal with a new EPC contract

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Nomad Electric has successfully commissioned its first photovoltaic power plant in Portugal with a capacity of 8.4 megawatts, part of a larger 45-megawatt contract. Additionally, the company has secured a new EPC contract for a 24-megawatt solar farm, expanding its footprint in the Portuguese renewable energy market.

© Engadiner Kraftwerke AG / Reech AG
Solar installations

Solitek realises special solar projects in the Swiss Alps

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Solitek has joined forces with Reech AG, a Swiss engineering and planning company, for the two projects in the Alps of Switzerland. One on the wall above a road and the other in St. Moritz.

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Switzerland

Axpo plans to build an alpine solar plant in Glarus Süd

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Following the commissioning of Switzerland's largest alpine solar plant to date in the municipality of Glarus Süd in August 2022, Axpo is now planning to build a ten-megawatt solar plant in the same region. The plant will supply particularly important winter electricity and also increase value creation in the municipality.

© MKG Göbel
Solar on landfill

What to consider when planning solar parks on landfill

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Landfills or spoil heaps are just waiting to be developed for solar parks. But project planners need to know what they are getting into. Planning and construction have very specific pitfalls.

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Solar parks

Belectric builds solar park on ash-filled open-cast mine hole

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The planner from Kolitzheim ventures into difficult terrain. This is because LEAG's new solar park is being built on an ash settling pit, which poses a structural challenge.

© Sven Bock
Tenant electricity

Berliner Stadtwerke puts tenant electricity project into operation

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The Berlin public utility has installed a 100-kilowatt photovoltaic system on the new building of the Gewobag housing company. The hurdles for such projects have still not all been removed.

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Powering railways

Baywa r.e. builds solar plant for traction power in Austria

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The new solar plant at the Vienna South freight terminal will supply a total of 2.2 gigawatt hours annually. The electricity flows directly into the overhead line for the trains.

© TNC Consulting
Switzerland

Using land along roads for installing solar power plants

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In Switzerland, areas along national roads will be made available free of charge this year for the construction of photovoltaic plants, among other things. This would allow an additional 55 gigawatts of output to be built.

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Floating solar:

RWE commissions its first floating solar plant

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RWE has installed its first floating PV system on the former cooling water lake of a coal-fired power plant in the Netherlands. The generator is part of an overall concept to turn the former coal-fired power plant into a renewable energy site.

© Trianel Energieprojekte
Germany:

Trianel builds 80 megawatts of photovoltaic capacity in the Bitburg region

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Trianel is building a total of seven solar plants with an output of almost 80 megawatts in the area around Bitburg in Germany. In addition to municipal participation, the project partners have implemented all possible measures to reconcile the installation with nature conservation and the local population.

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Mounting systems:

Schletter Group continues to grow in Central America

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The Schletter Group continues its growth course in Central America. They have recently supplied the mounting systems for a 6-megawatt solar power plant by the project developer Advanced Energy de El Salvador.

© Trina Solar
Solar park:

112-megawatt power plant with Vertex modules connected to the grid

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Trina Solar recently announced the successful grid connection in Dachaidan, Qinghai Province (China) of a 112-megwatt PV power plant using the 210mm Vertex 670W ultra-high power modules.

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Turkey:

Enerjisa and GoodWe cooperate to build massive solar stadium

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Turkish electricity and energy company Enerjisa has chosen GoodWe as the partner for the installation of one of the largest solar power plants to be installed on a stadium.

© juwi Shizen Energy
Solar parks:

121-megawatt solar park constructed on former golf course in Japan

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juwi Shizen Energy has received an order for EPC project for “Pacifico Energy Sanda Mega solar”, a 121MW (DC) solar park in Hyogo Prefecture by Pacifico Energy K.K..

© EWZ
Winter solar:

Solar plant on alpine dam provides plenty of clean electricity in winter

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The system on the dam wall of Lake Albigna in the Swiss Alps has been in operation for six months. The yields of the first winter confirm the positive forecast of the planners.

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Pumped storage:

Solar plant to be added to Vattenfall's Geesthacht pumped storage facility.

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Vattenfall supplements hydropower plants with solar power. Seven megawatts of photovoltaics are under construction at the Geesthacht and Markersbach pumped storage facilities.

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Sharp builds mega solar power plant in Vietnam

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Sharp Energy Solutions Corporation (SESJ) announces the completion of a mega solar power plant in Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam.