Bayernwerk's new solar parks connected to the grid

23.12.2024

Source: E & M powernews

The Eon subsidiary Bayernwerk has commissioned four solar parks in Lower Bavaria. The plants are expected to feed up to 22 million kWh into the grid each year.

Almost 17 hectares of land, around 32,000 photovoltaic modules: Bayernwerk Natur has commissioned four solar parks near Ruhstorf an der Rott in the district of Passau. Together, the PV systems are expected to generate up to 22 million kWh of electricity, according to the utility company.

A large proportion of the green electricity will be marketed regionally, while the company says it intends to use a small proportion for sector coupling; this electricity will be used to supply geothermal energy and heat pumps in its own district heating networks.

According to Bayernwerk Natur, three of the new plants are technically independent of each other and have separate grid connection points. Two of the four sub-areas are coupled. All areas have been leased from farmers.

"The more producers and consumers come together locally, the faster the energy supply companies will be able to expand the necessary grids and system components for a successful energy transition," commented Andreas Jakob, first mayor of the market town, on the launch of the solar parks. The head of the municipality pointed out that it was only a matter of time before locally generated solar energy could also be used intelligently at any time of year and thus be available for more and more areas of application.

Bayerwerk emphasizes that rural areas in Bavaria are developing from a consumption to a generation region due to the expansion of PV and wants to use this potential flexibly with battery storage systems. Take Landshut, for example: the company wants to install a large-scale storage facility at the site of the former Isar nuclear power plant together with Preussen Elektra. In the first expansion phase in 2026, this storage facility will have an output of 50 MW and a capacity of 100 million kWh. In the long term, an expansion to 150 MW and 300 million kWh is planned.

Author: Manfred Fischer