SunStrom has completed the installation at the Clark County Event Center in Ridgefield, Washington. The rooftop PV system was installed at the Clark County Event Center, a large exhibition hall and event center located at the Clark County Fairgrounds. The PV system is a partnership between Clark County and SunStrom NA, and is one of the first community solar projects in Washington State.  

The PV system has a total DC nameplate rating of 23 kWp and consists of 118 monocrystalline photovoltaic solar modules manufactured by SOLARWATT and three SMA inverters. The project will generate approximately 20,000 kWh of clean electricity annually, with the electricity being consumed at the Event Center through a net metering program with the local utility company. A digital display located at the entrance to the Event Center provides information about the plant in order that visitors to the Event Center and the Fairgrounds can view information about the plant including real-time electricity production, total energy yield, and total greenhouse gas savings data.

[2011-11-14]

At the Kamenz airfield, located about 30 kilometers northeast of Dresden, Germany, the construction of a 9 Megawatts free-field solar PV power plant started today. For this purpose both Mayor of Kamenz Roland Dantz and District Administrator of Bautzen Michael Harig symbolically installed the first solar panel. During the next few weeks SunStrom will install more than 38,000 monocrystalline solar modules on a 18.5 hectares (about 2,000,000 square feet) sized area for the general contractor SOLARWATT, solar module manufacturer based in Dresden.

With this project – one of the largest solar power plants of Saxony – the awarding authority and operator ewag kamenz AG (energy and water provider) supports the expansion of areas used for the renewable energy production.
[2011-08-12]

The second part of an solar PV power plant of superlatives is currently being installed at the Gahro airfield – again with participation of SunStrom. While the first part of the free-field solar PV power plant has a total DC nameplate rating of 16 Megawatts, the second part will hold a capacity of 11 Megawatts. Both parts will use more than 116,000 solar modules with a gross collector area of almost 2,045,000 square feet .

Altogether the solar PV power plant will hold a capacity of 27 Megawatts and will be one of the largest plants in Germany. For SunStrom – which already has installed more than 60 free-field solar PV power plants or solar parks – this project is the largest one of its corporate history so far.
[2011-08-05]

In Erfurt, located in the central German state of Thuringia, SunStrom recently installed a further PV solar power facility. The grid-tied, ground-mounted photovoltaic Solar Park was erected on the property of a former gas turbine power station. The solar facility is divided into three separate fields with a total of ca. 3700 monocrystalline solar panels.

With a nameplate DC power rating of 895 kWp, the facility will generate approximately 825,000 kWh of electricity annually, thus avoiding about 530 tons of CO₂ emissions. Erfurt is very excited about the power facility: it contributes to the city’s existing reputation as a solar city and brings them a step closer to realizing their goal of an environmentally friendly city. Currently, Erfurt is working on a climate protection plan which, by 2020, aims to reduce CO₂ emissions by 20% (as compared to 2008).

[2011-02-14]

Not only is it a new record for SunStrom, but also for the German city of Dresden; the free-field solar PV power plant installed inside the horse racetrack at the Galopprennbahn Dresden. The non-paralleled solar array has broken the records for solar power generated in Dresden.

The solar array, producing power since the end of 2010, is located directly inside the racetrack itself. It covers an area of almost 60,000 sq.m., elevating it to the largest solar PV array generating power inside city bounds in all of Germany. It is not only the biggest PV power plant in the city of Dresden, but also the biggest PV array in Germany installed within a sporting grounds. Mounted in over 140 rows, more than 12,600 monocrystalline modules manufactured by SOLARWATT were installed by SunStrom with a total DC nameplate rating of 2.4 Megawatts. 170 solar inverters convert the over 2,000 Megawatt hours of generated DC current into AC current to feed in to the utility grid.

[2011-01-11]