The Köthen Solar Park is a

photovoltaic power station A photovoltaic power station, also known as a solar park, solar farm, or solar power plant, is a large-scale grid-connected photovoltaic power system (PV system) designed for the supply of merchant power. They are different from most building- ...

in Köthen, Germany. It has a capacity of 45

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s (MW) and an expected annual electricity generation of 42

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. The solar park was developed and built by RGE Energy.eXenewable Project Profile Page - Kothen, PV, Germany
/ref> The PV project is built on a former military airfield in Köthen on . In 2009, the project was the largest solar power plant in

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

and the world's largest system using

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s. The project is equipped with 205,000 solar module made of crystalline silicon by

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. Total investment in the project was around €133 million. The solar park was connected to the grid in 2009. Payment was fixed to 35.49 Euro-cents per

kilowatt-hour A kilowatt-hour (unit symbol: kW⋅h or kW h; commonly written as kWh) is a unit of energy: one kilowatt of power for one hour. In terms of SI derived units with special names, it equals 3.6 megajoules (MJ). Kilowatt-hours are a common bil ...

for 20 years.Solaranlage „Flugplatz Köthen“ in Sachsen-Anhalt

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