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Wine and 3 MW solar power from the Moselle region

Since the beginning of 2006, Phoenix Solar‘s power plant division and the citizens‘ service office in Trier have pursued the goal of utilising abandoned vineyards and underused agricultural areas for the generation of solar power. The community aspect was also to play an important role. With the help of the citizens‘ service office, unemployed people in the region were given an opportunity to be involved in the construction of a photovoltaic power plant. In a collaboration between the citizens‘ service office and Phoenix Solar, the entire project was successfully developed, from initial concept, to the search for suitable land, to project development, right through to the construction permit and grid connection.

The major investor CBG from England was brought into the project by Phoenix Solar Energy Investments AG, and campaigned for involvement in this large-scale system before the Longuich local council. This power plant, with a capacity of three megawatts, was safely and rapidly implemented with the customary precision of Phoenix‘s project managers.

This project is a wonderful example of how social commitment can be combined with precise project implementation, in keeping with the requirements of international financial investors. Once again, Phoenix Solar has shown how a project can be implemented in a targeted, rapid manner, if all partners work together innovatively. Those interested in similar projects are more than welcome to work together with Phoenix Solar in their respective regions, to establish such values and to help our world escape the climate trap.

 * Source: The evolution of carbon dioxide emissions within the German power mixture 1990-2008: 0.575 tons CO2 saved per MWh (Umweltbundesamt FG I 2.5., Status March 2010)
** Source: Average power consumption of a family: 4,000 kWh (Verivox, Status 2010)