Juwi solar GmbH based in Bolanden (in the German state Rhineland-Palatinate) has put the final touches to the “Rote Jahne” solar power project in the district town of Delitzsch northeast of Leipzig. Connection to the electricity grid finalized construction of the large-scale photovoltaic (PV) project. With total output capacity of six megawatts, it is the fifth biggest PV installation operating in the world. It is also the world’s biggest solar project to use thin-film modules. The array will produce around 5.7 million kilowatt-hours of solar electricity every year, enough to power some 1,900 homes.

That also displaces the annual emission of 3,750 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the environment. The PV power plant is built at a former military airfield; its module surface area comprises approximately 6.7 hectares – about the same size as 11 soccer fields. As the general contractor, juwi installed the entire turn-key project. Investment amounted to around 21 million euros.

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