Globe's 'biggest' solar carport opens in Netherlands

• The 35-hectare Solar Carport was realized at the Lowlands Festival car park by Solarfields, a manufacturer of sustainable energy and realizes solar power systems.
• The business develops solar projects at various locations, such as land, roofing systems, former landfill sites and car parks-- planning to make the Netherlands more sustainable as well as supply clean energy to 1 million households by 2030.

The Solar Carport Biddinghuizen-- "the world's biggest solar carport"-- has lately been opened in the Netherlands in the middle of the visibility of prominent decision-makers within the nation's sustainability sector. The 35-hectare Solar Carport was realized at the Lowlands Festival car park by Solarfields, a producer of sustainable energy and realizes solar power systems.

The business establishes solar projects at various locations, such as land, roofing systems, former landfill sites and also car parks-- intending to make the Netherlands extra lasting and supply clean energy to 1 million families by 2030.

' Biggest' sustainable car park

The surface area of the lasting parking lot covers 35 hectares as well as provides room for 15,000 cars. With the help of 90,000 solar panels, the system supplies a capacity of 35 MWp, which can supply about 10,000 households with green energy. This output is apparently comparable to the power usage of about 100 Lowlands Festival weekends annually. The Solar Carport will certainly be a fixture at this place.

The annual Lowlands Festival takes place at a taken care of area in Biddinghuizen village, Netherlands. The organization has been helping years to make the festival a lot more lasting. Energy consumption stays an obstacle here. Roughly 300,000 kWh of power is consumed per Lowlands edition. Generators currently produce mostly all electricity. "With the building and construction of the Solar Carport, the festival is taking a massive action in the direction of sustainability," stated a main declaration.

Official opening up Solar Carport

Paul van Liempt moderated substantive conversations with leading figures within the energy shift at the opening, consisting of Marjan Minnesma and also Tim Verbruggen. Amongst the crucial subjects talked about were the demand for electrical-grid flexibility and the regulations and guidelines relating to sustainable solutions.

An area fund has been provided from the proceeds of Solar Carport Biddinghuizen for the neighborhood atmosphere. Ton van Amerongen, an alderman of the municipality of Dronten, symbolically handed over a very first look for EUR10,000 to energy cooperative BEN.

This event was adhered to by comedian Dolf Jansen, an environmental lobbyist himself, that festively opened up the solar park with a message of hope.

Joyful opening

Later on, site visitors had the opportunity to network on the site, which had actually been spruced up as a mini-festival site for the occasion. "From a temporary hunt tower, interested parties could see the greatness of the world's largest solar carport with their own eyes," claimed the declaration.

Eric van Eerdenburg, Lowlands Festival Director, said, "We are proud that this solar carport has been opened in partnership with Solarfields after years of development. As a festival organization, we wish to cultivate a hopeful vision of the future and play a role in resolving environment problems. This way, we want to be a source of ideas for our site visitors to contribute-- regardless of how small-- to making the world a lot more lasting."

Niek Tamminga, Director Rooftop, said, "The realization of a gigantic project similar to this is never ever without difficulties. We are unbelievably thankful for the support from federal governments, enabling us to realize this book example of multiple land usage together with MOJO. We really hope that it will inspire others to incorporate car parking with lasting energy generation in more places in The Netherlands."