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.
