Slovenia's HSE launches 3 MW solar plant

• Slovenian state-owned electricity manufacturer and trader Holding Slovenske Elektrarne (HSE) launched a 3 MW solar plant, the greatest in the nation thus far, in Prapretno, main Slovenia, in a location that was formerly utilized for the deposition of fly ash and also slag from a thermal power plant.

Prapretno photovoltaic or pv plant started providing electricity to the system as part of startup and also functional tests on March 28, HSE stated in a statement on Friday.

Its typical daily production is presently greater than 10 MWh, as well as HSE anticipates that 6,748 modules will generate greater than 3 GWh of electricity annually. The lifespan of the nuclear power plant is about twenty-five years.

According to HSE estimates, the plateau above Prapretno could hold up to 13 MW of electrical power.

"Along with proceeding the building of the Prapretno photovoltaic or pv plant, we will purchase the development of the Zlatolicje-Formin solar power plant, as well as we additionally eagerly anticipate better opportunities in the field of wind energy utilisation," HSE general supervisor Viktor Vracar claimed.