OMV, Verbund commission 3.9-MW solar array in Lower Austria

• Austrian oil as well as gas group OMV AG (VIE: OMV) and hydropower producer Verbund AG (VIE: VER) have completed the 3.9-MWp expansion of a jointly-owned solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Lower Austria.

Both firms have broadened the total capacity of an existing ground-mounted solar installment on a landfill website possessed by OMV in Schoenkirchen to 15.32 MWp by releasing an extra 8,568 PV modules. The plant can currently produce 15.84 GWh of electrical power each year.

OMV intends to increase making use of solar and wind power for its very own procedures to a minimum of 1 TWh as part of the OMV Strategy 2030.

On the other hand, Verbund has actually set a goal of generating 20% to 25% of its complete power from solar PV and also onshore wind by the end of the decade.