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| SunEnergy Europe announces opening of Meldorf solar park SunEnergy Europe, exhibitor at the 7th Southeast European Renewable Energy Exhibition (13-15 April 2011), announced the opening of Meldorf municipal solar park in Schleswig-Holstein. The Meldorf solar park clearly illustrates how big solar power generation has now become. The solar park was financed using a citizen participation model, which factored in preferential bond subscription terms for the town's residents. 350 investors, 161 of whom are from the region, acquired an interest in the plant operator. Around 2.4 million Euros were raised by citizens in and around Meldorf. This equates to approximately half the solar park's equity capital. The investors' expectations are set to be exceeded: the yield produced by the solar park to date has already surpassed original calculations. Meanwhile, the 100% CO2-free electricity produced by the park will form the foundation for long-term, sustainable energy production in the local community. Given the high levels of insolation in the region and the efficiency-boosting, cooling effect of the wind, the 38,000 solar modules installed in the park are expected to cover the yearly electricity demand of over 2,000 homes. Projects such as this clearly demonstrate the manifold advantages of photovoltaics for sustainable regional development. SunEnergy Europe GmbH is convinced that this fact deserves significant attention in the current political debate regarding the speed of photovoltaic capacity expansion. Local use of photovoltaics is essential to reducing both the dependence on finite raw materials and carbon dioxide emissions which damage the climate. The annual South East European Congress on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 2011, taking place parallel to the Exhibition, presents a perfect opportunity for the leading players of the renewable energy sector to bring the new technologies, products and services to the Region, to find new partners and clients. Special accent will be put on the Waste-to-Energy session with 15 speakers from 10 countries: Germany, Austria, Romania, Slovenia, Japan, Canada, USA, UK, Serbia and Switzerland. The latest developments in EE & RES Financing, Energy Efficiency and Decentralized Energy, Waste to Energy, RES Electricity, Smart Grid Platform, Renewable Heating & Cooling and e-Mobility, are among the topics to be discussed at the three-day event. At the Exhibition there will be national and group participations from Spain, USA, Austria, Slovenia, Finland, Germany, China as well as individual companies form Switzerland, Denmark, Bulgaria, etc. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Construction News :: home page |