80 MW Solar Park in Germania costruito più economico del previsto: alla finalizzazione, il parco è rimasto del 10% al di sotto dei costi calcolati, avendo così i costi sottorrun anziché i superamenti dei costi

TLDR: solar components( modules, inverters, frames for supporting the pannels) got cheaper faster than expected, but also the company managed to bundle the orders for different projects, and the approval procedure was simplified

this are all things that can be repeated for other projects as well

>The basis for this was the strategic procurement of the components and the required services through purchasing, for example by bundling orders across projects,” EnBW announced. Close coordination with the general contractor and the rapid approval processes, such as the substation, would also have avoided costly delays.

Every project can be delivered cheaper than planned. It’s not because solar is somehow better.

Yet, the problem of solar are not overcome. You still need costly gas-peaker plant to produce energy when this fields are not (and at increasing costs as you are using them lesser and lesser, thus having less base to spread the fixed costs)

It’s amazing solar is still getting cheaper and will continue to do so. Modules are about 23% efficient now but there’s back contact modules coming to market (Longi) with 25-27% efficiency in the next few years and tandem modules coming to market with 25%-30% (Oxford PV, Q Cells, Trina etc.) efficiency in the next 5 years with the potential to get up to 40% in the next decade.

This has never ever happened before here in Germany. The government is on the verge of collapse and federal budget and project managers are jumping from rooftops out of desperation. People are preparing for violent riots as they are completely paralyzed and shocked by the fact, that anything in Germany has ever been done correctly.

Why are we wasting prime agricultural land to solar panels, while food & water shortages are increasing? If climate change is real and agricultural land will become scarce. Should we not strive for more sustainable solutions like roofs of parking lots & other infrastructuur, nuclear energy, Tidal Energy for example. This is a genuine question, i’m just curious. I just think this is such a waste of land, we should be focussing on providing food for the world and collecting water. Dessert countries have room for these types of solar fields, and their soil is not suitable for agriculture, as is their knowledge of agricultural, plus these countries are way less densely populated. Why not place these fields in dessert countries?

I’ve never heard this word underruns in Ireland is a mythical and unattainable

**The solar park in Langenenslingen remained about ten percent below the calculated costs. Also because the purchase of the components was cheaper and there were no delays in the realization of the photovoltaic power plant, which is now the largest in Baden-Württemberg.**

Since the end of May, the photovoltaic power plant in Langenenslingen, Baden-Württemberg, has been connected to the high-voltage grid with an output of 80 megawatts and feeds solar power into the grid. On Monday, Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) came to the ceremonial opening. After all, it is by far the largest photovoltaic system in the state. It was implemented by the energy company EnBW.

“In just five years, we were able to take this large-scale energy infrastructure project from the decision to install it to the electricity feed-in – on schedule and below the predicted costs,” said EnBW CEO Georg Stamatelopoulos at the inauguration. The energy company had calculated the costs for the project in the mid-double-digit million range. These were undercut by around ten percent. “The basis for this was created by the strategic procurement of the components and required services through purchasing, for example through the cross-project bundling of orders,” EnBW said. The close coordination with the general contractor and the fast approval processes, for example for the substation, have also avoided costly delays.

According to EnBW, the construction phase of the solar park, in which 146,016 solar modules are installed, lasted more than a year. The energy company managed without government subsidies. The operation of the photovoltaic power plant is also to take place outside the EEG. The municipality will then also benefit from the revenues. In addition to the trade tax, it also receives a municipal tax, as EnBW further explained. The amount depends on the amount of electricity fed into the grid and the electricity market prices. EnBW expects an amount in the lower six-figure range that will flow annually to the municipality. People will also be able to participate in the photovoltaic system via a subordinated loan.

In the course of the construction of the photovoltaic power plant, EnBW says it also took various compensatory and replacement measures to protect and promote the local flora and fauna. For example, the preservation of the existing orchard trees was important to the municipality. In addition, EnBW planted around 750 more shrubs and trees and created 30 ponds.

And therefore becoming unique in human history