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Erlasee Solar Park
The world's largest solar farm 2006/2007
Country	Germany
Location	Arnstein, Main-Spessart, Bavaria
Coordinates	50°0′11″N 9°55′14″E / 50.00306°N 9.92056°E / 50.00306; 9.92056
Status	Operational
Construction began	2005
Commission date	September 2006
Construction cost	€70 million
Owners	S.A.G. Solarstrom and others
Solar farm
Type	Flat-panel PV
Site area	77 ha (190.3 acres)
Power generation
Units operational	1,464 x 12
Nameplate capacity	11.4 MW
Capacity factor	13 %
Annual net output	14 GWh
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The Erlasee Solar Park, or Solarstrompark Gut Erlasee, is an 11.4 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power station located in Bavaria, southern Germany, in one of the sunniest regions of the country. Constructed on a former vineyard by the company Solon SE in 2006, it was then the world's largest photovoltaic power station.

The project uses 1,464 double-axis solar trackers to increase the annual electricity yield by 30 percent. Each tracker shoulders twelve conventional solar panels made of crystalline silicon. The plant generates about 14,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) annually, or as much as the average consumption of the nearby town of Arnstein.

The plant cost €70 million and covers an area of 77 hectares (190 acres). The project was officially commissioned on 1 September 2006. The inauguration party included a concert given by the popular German rock bands BAP and The BossHoss.

See also

• Solar power in Germany
• List of photovoltaic power stations

References

1. Solar Park "Gut Erlasee"

External links

• SunPower Celebrates the Dedication of SOLON's Gut Erlasee Solar Park

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