The Fürstenwalde 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
Fürstenwalde
Fürstenwalde/Spree (; ) is the most populous town in the Oder-Spree District of Brandenburg, in eastern Germany.
Geography
The town is situated in the glacial valley (''Urstromtal'') of the Spree river north of the Rauen Hills, about east of ...
, Germany. It has a capacity of 39.64
megawatt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of Power (physics), 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 quantification (science), quantify the rate of Work ...
(MW) and an annual output of 36.5
GWh. The solar park was developed by the company ''Solarhybrid'' and built by conecon using 62,832 225-watt and 110,880 230-watt
solar panels
A solar panel is a device that converts sunlight into electricity by using photovoltaic (PV) cells. PV cells are made of materials that produce excited electrons when exposed to light. These electrons flow through a circuit and produce direct ...
, both manufactured by Suntech.
The PV project was built on a former military airfield on , and was completed in 10 weeks only.
Fürstenwalde
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See also
*List of photovoltaic power stations
The following is a list of photovoltaic power stations that are larger than 500 megawatts (MW) in current net capacity.Note that nominal power may be AC or DC, depending on the plant, and therefore any totals quoted are hybrid. SeAC-DC conundru ...
References
Photovoltaic power stations in Germany
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