More than half in 2020 energy produced in Germany came from renewable sources. In the last two years, however, the trend has reversed and coal has once again become the main fuel of our western neighbors.
This has become especially problematic when Russia attacked Ukraine. Germany wants to stop importing Russian coal by autumn. In addition, they are shutting down nuclear power plants all the time and opting for renewable energy. In this fight for clean electricity, however, they can get another weapon that will facilitate their energy transformation.
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A floating solar power plant in Germany
The BayWa re company has installed 5.8 thousand square meters on an artificial lake after a former quarry. photovoltaic modules. They are placed on 360 floating elements – brings Reuters. It is one of the largest structures of this type in Germany. The power plant is scheduled to go live on May 24 and will power Quarzwerke, which extracts, processes and refines industrial minerals in the city of Haltern am See (North Rhine-Westphalia) near Dortmund.
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The company wants to use 75 percent for its own use. produced by a floating power plant. Its power is 3 MW, so it is comparable to an onshore wind turbine. The surplus will go to the public network.
Advantages of floating power plants
Toni Weigl, one of the executives at BayWa re, calculates that floating solar panels are friendly environment and have the advantage that they can be installed quickly and easily. The company estimates that in Germany floating solar power plants with a total capacity can be installed power 20 GW, which is roughly 10 percent. the power of all power plant in Germany. With such an amount, 1.1 thousand people can be released into the environment. tons of carbon dioxide per year less.
BayWa re plans to launch renewable energy sources with a total capacity of 1 GW this year. In addition to floating power plants, these include offshore and onshore wind turbines. The company is also involved in brokerage in the purchase of green energy for international companies.
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