Austrian utility begin on 120-MW solar project in Burgenland

• Electric utility Burgenland Energie AG has actually begun the building of Austria's largest solar park with a capacity of 120 MW in the east of the Alpine nation.

The solar farm will be set up in Nickelsdorf, in the state of Burgenland, near to the border with Hungary, as a hybrid system in the immediate vicinity of a wind park.

The system will certainly be integrated in a number of phases with the first one having a capacity of 120 MW. Together with project partner InWind, a total of 164 MW will be at some point in operation in the project area.

Thus, the facility will certainly create 164 GWh of clean power a year which would certainly be enough to cover the annual intake of 44,000 homes.

The 120-MW area is anticipated to go online in December. The power will be provided to the town of Nickelsdorf.

The project will sustain the state's climate targets and also reduce its dependancy on energy imports.

Burgenland, Austria's easternmost state, needs to enhance its renewable energy production by 7 TWh in order to reach climate neutrality and power self-sufficiency by 2030. About 4 TWh of the overall will originate from wind power and also 3.1 TWh from ground-mounted solar parks. The potential for rooftop installations as well as planetary systems on carports and also noise protection obstacles is seen at 0.4 TWh.