Subsidy-free, energy scale German solar farms could market power on area market

• The unsubsidized market is taking another step forward in Germany with the news of two projects all set to market power to the wholesale market along with through PPAs.

The development of big scale solar projects outside the incentives routine established by German renewable energy regulation the EEG has actually started to speed up, with numerous unsubsidized solar plants revealed or incomplete in current weeks, all of them linked to power purchase agreements (PPAs).

Now the marketplace sector appears to have taken an additional leap onward with the arrival of unsubsidized plants ready to offer electrical energy on the competitive market. German power firm N-Ergie has actually started constructing a 9.2 MW solar park in Seinsheim/W ässerndorf, in Lower Franconia, which could offer clean power on the wholesale market, nevertheless a firm speaker told pv magazine: "We are already in talks with prospective clients from different sections-- for instance, municipalities as well as commercial clients-- that have suggested their interest in a direct purchase via a PPA."

N-Ergie strategies to full building this year. "With our ground-mounted PV system in Wässerndorf, we are going a new means, outside of financing under the EEG," stated head of business growth Rainer Kleedörfer.

German power firm Stadtwerke Düsseldorf has actually begun building and construction on an 8 MW solar energy plant in Plattling, Bavaria which is likewise slated for completion this year as well as which would create clean power for customers-- through the place market or a PPA-- in Düsseldorf.

"It is a growing number of crucial for clients to acquire green electrical energy from a specific system that meets their specific requirements," claimed Ralf Zischke, MD of renewables business Grünwerke.

The Bavarian plant, which is being established by Plattling-based company Solea, would certainly create sufficient power to power an estimated 2,360 homes.