Solar park goes online Sukow: More renewable energy

Region Parchim | 02.09.2011 - 13:14:51
Parchim / MVticker. With the Solar Park Sukow (Parchim) one of the largest facilities in the country was created to generate electricity from solar energy. After a construction period of about three months the work was completed today. "Renewable energies are a great opportunity for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. With projects of this kind we can push forward the expansion of decentralized renewable solar energy supply and consistently. So the people of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern directly benefit from the expansion of renewable energies, "said Construction Minister Volker Schlotmann Sukow today.

The solar farm was built on a former landfill site and along the railway line from Schwerin to Crivitz and covers 31 hectares. The 48 000 solar panels will generate 10.5 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year. With the power to about 3,700 households. Thus, the solar park is one of the largest in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.



Schlotmann also praised the region's participation in the project. "Residents of the region can invest in this asset and share purchase. This shows how to open up new perspectives for the development of renewable energies for rural areas. And they can spot a contribution to the energy revolution, "said Schlotmann. For citizens, there is a right of first refusal for the shares of investment. Nor can the community hope to additional rental income and business taxes.

In 2010, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 4100 million kilowatt hours of electricity from renewable energy sources, eight percent more than in 2009. So that renewable energy had a share of 46 percent of electricity production. "We want to increase this share significantly in the coming years," said Schlotmann. The electricity generated from renewable energy sources, especially wind power and biomass, as well as photovoltaics. Photovoltaic systems have 2010 around 113 million kilowatt hours of electricity fed into the grid. Their share of green electricity production could be doubled to 2.7 percent.