RWE installing 86.5 MW of PV systems along motorway in western Germany

RWE installing 86.5 MW of PV systems along motorway in western Germany

The PV power plants are expected to be connected to the grid by the end of the year. RWE is already testing agrivoltaic systems in the immediate vicinity and has installed hybrid power plants with storage.From pv magazine Germany The Rhenish region in North Rhine-Westphalia was once dominated by open-cast mining. Now the reclaimed areas are to become a symbol of the energy transition and structural change. German energy company RWE announced on …

The facilities are built east and west of the motorway between the towns of Bedburg and Jüchen on the recultivated site of the Garzweiler open pit

More than 140,000 solar modules will be built along the A44 between Jüchen and Bedburg. The BUND welcomes this.

By the end of the year, the photovoltaic power plants will be on the grid. RWE is already testing agri-photovoltaics plants in the immediate vicinity and has implemented hybrid power plants with storage facilities.The Rhine district was once characterized by open pit mining. Now, the recultivated areas will become a symbol of the energy transition and structural change. RWE announced on Tuesday the construction of several photovoltaic plants wit…