IBC SOLAR connects 96 MWp of Hungarian solar for MET Group

• German specialist IBC SOLAR Energy has settled two solar power projects with an integrated capacity of 96 MWp in Hungary and connected the plants to the grid, the company stated on Thursday.

The 51-MWp Gerjen as well as the 45-MWp Sojtor projects were created as well as developed for distribution to Switzerland-based power firm MET Group. The agreement was that IBC SOLAR ought to hand over the solar farms at ready-to-use stage.

The German company provided design, procurement and also building and construction services for this task. It said that 180,000 solar modules had been made use of for the projects, which covered an area amounting to 170 hectares (420.1 acres) in 2 various communities.

The solar farms were connected to the Hungarian power grid through newly constructed substations and commissioned in a number of phases in January 2023.

Gerjen and also Sojtor are the second as well as the 3rd solar projects that IBC SOLAR performed in Hungary for the Swiss financier.

Balazs Lehocz, Executive Chairman, Green Assets Division at MET Group, said that MET intends to have a portfolio of 2,000 MW of set up renewable energy capacity by 2026.