January 7, 2008

Oldenburg, Germany: aleo solar AG Sets Up Megawatt Solar Park in Friedeburg

aleo solar AG has set up a solar farm with a peak output of 942 kilowatts in Friedeburg, East Frisia (Germany). The greenfield project was connected to the grid last year.

Around EUR 4.5 million is being invested in this photovoltaic power project, which will produce 850,000 kilowatt hours of clean electricity each year using nearly 5,500 S_16 modules from aleo. This is enough energy to supply around 250 three-person households, thus saving 500 tons of CO2 every year.

Constructor is a businessman from the Wittmund region. The power plant will be part of a larger energy park which will supply environmentally friendly energy to an orchid plantation, among other things. A biogas plant is already in operation, and wind energy facilities are planned as well.

“The megawatt solar farm in Friedeburg proves that photovoltaic projects in northern Germany are economically feasible. We were able to complete the entire installation within three months and connect it to the grid very quickly,” said Norbert Schlesiger, Director Sales Germany at aleo solar AG.

The company received the order in October, and all modules have been installed on a mounting system by the end of the year. The solar energy will be fed through 26 inverters to a substation which was set up especially for the solar farm.

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