Insufficient capacity delays grid connection for 8.5-MWp solar park in Germany

• German green energy business Naturstrom AG has completed the 8.5-MW expansion of the Henschleben solar park in Thuringia now needs to wait on months in order to connect the plant to the grid which can not presently incorporate the brand-new capacity.

The business had the ability to finish the development of the 7.5-MWp Henschleben solar plant only a year after the start of building of the initial part of the project, it claimed on Wednesday. However, the added capacity will certainly not be connected to the grid till the neighborhood grid operator Thueringer Energienetze expands the Walschleben substation which is prepared for the first quarter of 2023.

The connection of brand-new solar parks to the public power grid is a significantly difficult issue as the grid is frequently not developed sufficient to fit the renewable energy capacity, claimed Thomas Banning, Managing Director of Naturstrom's subsidiary NaturEnergy, which has bought the solar park.

The transmission grid need to be expanded even more actively, otherwise, it will not be possible to satisfy the federal government's goals for green energy development, Banning added.

Henschleben 2, built on a former landfill website near the initial section of the solar park, is anticipated to generate 8.5 million kWh of clean electricity each year, increasing the complete yearly output of the entire complicated to 16 million kWh. The very first section of the solar ranch is tied to a battery to relieve the feed-in peaks that can not be taken in by the existing grid.

Next year, Naturstrom plans to further expand the Henschleben solar plant.