M+W Solar to set up PV power plant in southern Italy

STUTTGART, GERMANY: M+W Solar GmbH, a company of M+W Group, has received another order to engineer and construct a photovoltaic power plant in Italy. This turnkey required plant will have a maximum output of five megawatts (MWp) and be located in the area of Oria in the Apulia region of southern Italy. It is due to be connected to the national grid in 2011.

This future photovoltaic power plant will have an annual output of around 7,000 megawatt hours of electrical energy which will provide more than 2,000 households with environmentally friendly solar electricity. Compared with coal generated electricity, this will save around 6,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year.

Around 23,000 multicrystalline photovoltaic modules will be needed over an area of nearly 110,000 square metres. Forty-two grid connected central inverters will convert DC electricity from the modules in to network compliant AC electricity.

Together with planning and construction, the order also requires that a variety of official permits and approvals are obtained, all of which are now in place. The property and project rights have been secured by M+W Group for 20 years.