Lauingen Energy Park

Lauingen Energy Park
Lauingen Energy Park
Location of Lauingen Energy Park in Germany
Country	Germany
Location	Lauingen
Coordinates	48°32′13″N 10°25′27″E / 48.53694°N 10.42417°ECoordinates: 48°32′13″N 10°25′27″E / 48.53694°N 10.42417°E
Status	Operational
Construction began	2008[1]
Commission date	June 2010[2]
Solar field
Type	Flat-panel PV
Site area	63 ha (155.7 acres)
Power generation
Units operational	306,084 (288,132 First Solar 17,952 Yingli)
Nameplate capacity	25.7 MW
Average generation	26.98 GWh[3]

The Lauingen Energy Park is a 27.7-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power station, located in Bavarian Swabia, Germany. It covers an area of 63 hectares (155.7 acres) and was commissioned in June 2010.^[2]

The project was built in three phases:

• The 12.0 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:^[2]

• 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.

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See also

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

References

1. Größter Solarpark Schwabens in Helmeringen
2. Factsheet - Lauingen Energy Park
3. Gehrlicher Solar AG weiht größtes Solar-Kraftwerk Schwabens