RWE wins 31.5 MWp of solar-plus-storage projects in German tender

• German energy group RWE AG (ETR: RWE) has won two solar-plus-storage projects in the latest advancement tender in Germany as well as will mount an overall of 31.5 MWp of solar power ability combined with batteries of 10.5 MW in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The Garzweiler project entails a solar energy plant of 19.4 MWp and also a storage system with a capacity of 6.5 MW, while the Jackerath project imagines a 12.1-MWp solar plant with a storage capability of 4.1 MW, RWE said on Tuesday. Both hybrid systems will certainly be located on a former opencast mining complex near the city of Bedburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Both areas will be later on covered with abundant soil as part of the recultivation efforts implied to produce areas there.

RWE will make an application for a building permit with the city of Bedburg as well as expects to begin building and construction works next summer season. Appointing is scheduled for the beginning of 2023.

In addition to the income from electricity sales, the two projects will certainly obtain a fixed state commission.

Not only the former opencast mining locations yet likewise those that are still energetic deal a lot of room for green energy projects, according to RWE, as well as the Essen-based power group is already operating or developing 6 wind ranches on previous mining complicateds in the Rhenish lignite mining location. The company will certainly purchase renewables in the home market a lot more than the EUR 1 billion (USD 1.18 bn) prepared up until 2022, claimed Katja Wuenschel, COO of Wind Onshore & Solar PV Europe & APAC at RWE Renewables.