Specifications - Bavaria Solarpark, World’s Largest PV Project, Bavaria, Germany

Key Data
Announcement of contract	June 2004
Construction completed	December 2004
Start of operation	June 2005
Output	10.1MW photovoltaic (PV) facility
Plant type	Photovoltaic panels
Location	Bavaria, Germany (6.3MW at Muehlhausen, 1.9MW at Guenching, and 1.9MW at Minihof)
Cost	€49.5m (US$59m)
Key Players
Panel supply, construction and operation	PowerLight Corporation
Electrical construction and components	Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution Group
Connection to the grid	Siemens and E.ON (Duesseldorf)
Financing	Deutsche Structured Finance (Frankfurt)
Civil and mechanical construction	Max Bögl Group and Klebl (Neumarkt)
Arranging project rights	K&S (Regensburg, Germany)
Plant Details
PV panels	57,600 PV panels with solar trackers
Voltage output	20kV
Transformers and switchgear	Ten 20-kV transformers, five 8DJ20 gas-insulated switchgear assemblies and twenty seven Sinvert inverters.