Solarpark Meuro is a 166
megawatt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. The watt is named after James ...
(MW)
photovoltaic power station located in
Meuro and
Schipkau
Schipkau ( dsb, Šejkow) is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.
Geography
The municipality is located in the north of the historical region of Lusatia, close to the motorway A13, connect ...
, Germany. The plant was built on a former
lignite mine and is the country's
largest solar park. It was named POWER-GEN International solar project of the year in 2012.
Canadian Solar project scoops POWER-GEN award
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The PV system uses about 636,000 solar panels provided by Canadian Solar
Canadian Solar Inc. is a publicly traded company that manufactures solar PV modules and runs large scale solar projects.
History
Founded in 2001 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada by Shawn Qu, Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) has subsidiaries in over 2 ...
and 20k- string inverters from REFUsol.
It is also the first solar park to use a 690VAC gridvoltage for some of REFUsol's 333k HV central inverters.
See also
* Energy policy of the European Union
*Photovoltaics
Photovoltaics (PV) is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry. The photovoltaic effect is commercially ...
*Renewable energy commercialization
Renewable energy commercialization involves the deployment of three generations of renewable energy technologies dating back more than 100 years. First-generation technologies, which are already mature and economically competitive, include b ...
* Renewable energy in the European Union
References
Photovoltaic power stations in Germany
Economy of Brandenburg
2011 establishments in Germany
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