Baywa r.e. plugs in 7.5-MWp solar-plus-storage plant in Germany

• German renewables company BayWa r.e. AG has actually brought live a 7.5-MWp solar park incorporated with 4 MWh of battery storage space capacity in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg.

The Spitalhoefe solar park lies in the southern German city of Villingen-Schwenningen and also is expected to produce about 8 million kWh of tidy power a year, Baywa r.e. said on Thursday. This will certainly be enough to fulfill the power requirements of 2,500 ordinary families.

The project was awarded to Baywa r.e. in a technology tender by the Federal Network Company and the company, as an independent power producer, will certainly be in charge of its procedure.

The electrical power from the Spitalhoefe solar park will be marketed through a five-year power acquisition contract (PPA).

The renewables firm is currently working with the execution of various other projects that achieved success in the advancement tender, claimed BayWa r.e. Solar Projects GmbH's head Stefanie Wimmer, adding that crossbreed systems like this one are of central significance for the power change in Germany.