Lauingen Energy Park Explained

Lauingen Energy Park
Image Alt:	solar park
Coordinates:	48.5369°N 10.4242°W
Country:	Germany
Location:	Lauingen
Status:	O
Construction Began:	2008^[1]
Commissioned:	June 2010^[2]
Solar Type:	PV
Ps Units Operational:	306,084 (288,132 First Solar 17,952 Yingli)
Ps Site Area:	631NaN1
Ps Electrical Capacity:	25.7 MW
Ps Annual Generation:	26.98 GWh^[3]
Ps Electrical Cap Fac:	12.0%

The Lauingen Energy Park is a 25.7–megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power station, located in Bavarian Swabia, Germany. It covers an area of 63ha and was commissioned in June 2010.

The project was built in three phases:

• The 10.0 MW Helmeringen 1 (already commissioned in 2009)
• The 9.4 MW Helmeringen 2
• The 6.3 MW Helmeringen 3 (built and commissioned in 2010)

The largest solar power station in Swabia was built by the German company Gehrlicher Solar and features the following key figures:

• • 288,132 thin-film modules using cadmium telluride photovoltaics (CdTe PV) manufactured by U.S. company First Solar 17,952 conventional solar panels based using crystalline silicon photovoltaics manufactured by Chinese company Yingli
• 18 SMA solar inverters
• 3 Siemens central inverters
• a total of 664 km solar cable trays
• a projected generation of almost 27 million kilowatt-hours (kWh)
• an avoided 14,353 tons of CO₂ per year
• powers about 7,500 average households with clean energy, where average means a three-person household with an annual electricity consumption of 3,500 kWh.

See also

• Photovoltaics
• Photovoltaic power station
• List of largest power stations in the world
• Solar power in Germany

Notes and References

1. http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/dillingen/Groesster-Solarpark-Schwabens-in-Helmeringen-id4002526.html Größter Solarpark Schwabens in Helmeringen
2. http://www.gehrlicher.com/fileadmin/content/pdfs/Factsheets/Factsheet_Lauingen_A4_en.pdf Factsheet - Lauingen Energy Park
3. http://www.greentech-germany.com/gehrlicher-solar-ag-weiht-groesstes-solar-kraftwerk-schwabens-25-7-mwp-offiziell-ein-a16511 Gehrlicher Solar AG weiht größtes Solar-Kraftwerk Schwabens