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Blatets
Location: Bulgaria
Operator: EVN Naturkraft Erveugungs und Verteilungs GmbH
Configuration: 837 kWp
Operation: 2009-2010
System supplier: ??
Quick facts: Blatets was built out on a 2km² site in Sliven region with three different types of PV systems. Annual output is about 1 GWh. Photograph courtesy of EVN
Posted 5 Oct 2011 |
Busanovice
Location: Czech Republic
Operator: Korowatt sro
Configuration: 693 kWp
Operation: 2007
System supplier: Mitsubishi Electric
Quick facts: At completion, this was is the largest PV plant in the Czech
Republic. It cost CZK 85mn of which CZK 30mn came from the Industry and Trade Ministry.
Photograph courtesy of Korowatt sro
Posted 17 Feb 2007 |
Eberstalzell
Location: Austria
Operator: Energie AG Oberosterreich
Configuration: 1 MWp
Operation: 2010
System supplier: ??
EPC: Energie AG
Quick facts: When this plant went online in Jun 2010 after 8wks of
construction, it became Austria's largest solar power plant. The 6ac site
in Wels-Land has 4,638 solar panels using equipment from various Austrian and EU suppliers.
Photograph courtesy of Energie AG Oberosterreich
Posted 13 Jun 2010 |
Eigg PV
Location: Scotland
Operator: Eigg Electric Ltd
Configuration: 10 kWp
Operation: 2008
System supplier: ??
Quick facts: When the Isle of Eigg's renewable energy system was fully
commissioned, it served 37 households and 5 commercial properties. The
scheme has a 10-kW solar array, three small hydro turbines, 4 X 6-kW wind
turbines, and a control system and battery set-up that can supply up to
24hr of renewable energy if circumstances dictate. Two 80-kW diesel
gensets were added for for backup. The final cost of the project was
£1.664mn provided by 7 different national and community-based authorities. Eigg Electric is a subsidiary of Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust.
Photograph courtesy of Eigg Electric
Posted 25 Feb 2009 |
Floridade
Location: Netherlands
Operator: Nuon
Configuration: 2.3 MWp
Operation: 2002
System supplier: Siemens
Quick facts: In April 2001, Siemens
Solar was awarded a €16mn contract for this installation at the Floriade international horticulture center in
Amsterdam. The turnkey contract resulted in the
installation of about 19,000 panels on 25,000 sq m of semi-open
greenhouse, making the installation the largest PV roof in the world when
completed.
Photograph courtesy of Holland Solar
Posted 26 Jan 2006 |
Irini Station
Location: Greece
Operator: PPC Renewables SA
Configuration: 19.95 kWp
Operation: 2009
System supplier: Conergy
EPC: Conergy
Quick facts: This was among the first Greek grid-connected systems
deployed after the 2006 passage of a new PV law. The installation consists
of 114, Conergy S 175M PV modules, 3 SMA SMC 7000TL inverters, and a Conergy SolarFamulus mounting system.
Irini station is a light rail and metro station in Ano Maroussi several kilometres
north of Athens and part of Ilektrikoi Sidirodromoi Athinon-Pireos (ISAP)
system. It is next to the Athens
Olympic Complex. The first metro station here was opened in Mar 1957.
A new station was opened in Sep 1982 and it was renovated in 2004. ISAP is
connected with the Athens Metrro, but it is owned and operated by a separate company dating to Feb 1869.
Photograph courtesy of Conergy
Posted 15 Aug 2009 |
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Kalpaki
Location: Greece
Operator: Data PV Sun Energy SA
Configuration: 100 kWp
Operation: 2009
System supplier: Conergy
EPC: Data PV Sun Energy
Quick facts: One of a series of plants in Ioannina.
Photograph courtesy of Conergy
Posted 15 Aug 2009 |
Malvezy
Location: France
Operator: EDF Energies Nouvelles
Configuration: 7 MWp PV
Operation: 2008
System supplier: First Solar
EPC: Belectric
Quick facts: This plant was built on fallow ground in the Malvezy industrial zone of Narbonne.
About 95,000 panels were installed
Photograph courtesy of Belectric
Posted 19 Mar 2011 |
Middelkerke
Location: Belgium
Operator: Electrawinds SA
Configuration: 1.3 MWp
Operation: 2007
System supplier: ??
Quick facts: At completion in Jun 2007, the €6mn Middelkerke facility was the largest PV plant in Belgium. This 6ha site
has 7,695 solar panels.
Photograph courtesy of Electrawinds SA
Posted 20 Sep 2008 |
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Moravsky Zizkov
Location: Czech Republic
Operator: Nelumbo
Configuration: 1.2 MWp
Operation: 2010
System supplier: Kyocera
EPC: Nelumbo
Quick facts: This PV plant has 8,960 modules on a 28,000m² site.
Photograph courtesy of Kyocera Corp
Posted 5 Jan 2011 |
Nieuwland Amersfoot
Location: Netherlands
Operator: Eneco Holdings, Amersfoot SCW
Configuration: 1.62 MWp
Operation: 2002
System supplier: Shell Solar, BP Solar, Colt
EPC: Ecotec Systems
Quick facts: At completion, this was the world's largest residential PV
installation. It includes rooftop panels mounted on homes, a sports
complex, and schools. Planning started in 1995 and most construction was
finished in 2002. Phased development was by several utility, municipal,
and cooperative entities with individual homeowners also participating.
The main players were Regionale Energiemaatschappij Utrecht NV (REMU,
later Eneco), Ecofys, Amersfoot SCW, HBG Vastgoed, and Novem. Some funding was provided by the EU Thermie program.
Costs are somewhat indeterminant due to the number of participants but were estimated to be €9.23mn.
Photograph courtesy of Eneco Holdings
Posted 7 Jun 2008 |
Oceanium Blijdorp Zoo
Location: Netherlands
Operator: Eneco Holdings
Configuration: 510 kWp
Operation: 2004
System supplier: Shell Solar
EPC: Siemens Nederland
Quick facts: In January 2004, Rotterdam Mayor Ivo Opstelten activated the
Sunport generator installed on the roof of the Oceanium in Rotterdam’s
Blijdorp Zoo. At the time, it was the largest urban rooftop solar energy
system in the Netherlands. The 5,000m² roof has 3,000 panels expected to
produce about 325,000 kWh/yr. The €3.9mn project was supported by Eneco
(47%), Novem (33%), Rotterdam municipality (12%), Zuid Holland province
(6%), and Blijdorp Zoo (2%).
Photograph courtesy of Eneco Holdings
Posted 7 Jun 2008 |
