| Waldpolenz Solar Park | |
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 First Solar 40-MW CdTe PV Array installed by JUWI Group in Waldpolenz, Germany | |
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| Official name |
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| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°19′42″N 12°39′22″E / 51.32833°N 12.65611°E |
| Construction cost | €130 million |
| Operator(s) | Juwi |
| Solar farm | |
| Type | Flat-panel PV |
| Site area | 220 ha (544 acres) footprint |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 550,000 |
| Make and model | First Solar |
| Nameplate capacity | 52 MW |
| Annual net output | 52 GWh |
| External links | |
| Website | Juwi |
The Waldpolenz Solar Park is a 52-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power station built by German developer and operator Juwi at a former military air base near Leipzig, Eastern Germany. When completed by the end of 2008, it was the world's largest thin-film solar park using CdTe-modules.[1]
Initially, the solar power plant's nameplate capacity was 40 MW, consisting of 500,000 state-of-the-art solar panels provided by U.S. manufacturer First Solar, and generated 40,000 MWh of electricity per year.[2] The solar park was then extended with another 153,650 panels, also provided by First Solar, to a final capacity of 52 MWP in 2011[3]
The installation is located in the Muldentalkreis district in the state of Saxony in eastern Germany, built on half of the location's 220 hectares (543.6 acres)[4] in the townships of Brandis and Bennewitz.[5] The investment costs for the Waldpolenz solar park have amounted to some 130 million euro.[2]
