Astrakhan oblast has caught up with Germany

Launches solar power, timed to a major political event or visit, reminiscent of the Soviet practice of "Danish" launches open-hearth furnaces or overlaps rivers. Anyway, part of the events around the IV Caspian summit held a launching ceremony of the first in the Astrakhan region of the solar power plant. Solar power station "Narimanov," the installed capacity of 250 kW created GC"solar Energy" with the support of the management company Bright Capital. The station fills the pumps of the boiler solar thermal power plant built earlier and provide DHW Narimanov city with a population of about 13 thousand people. The generating system consists of 1,060 solar modules with peak power up to 240 watts. They are located in the area of 5000 square meters.

Astrakhan oblast selected for the construction of five solar plants, which start next year the amount of generation from the sun exceeds 90 mW. This is 15% of generating capacity in the region. Astrakhan oblast for the share of renewable energy will reach the level of Germany and Denmark.

The agreement for the construction of six stations is estimated at 10 billion rubles. As said the chief engineer on the construction of GC "solar Energy" Alexander Kolesnikov, the first power plant built in the past month and a cost of one million dollars. The second and next ones will be much more powerful and more expensive. Photovoltaic modules for station produced in Kazakhstan company Astana Solar, a member of JSC NAC "Kazatomprom".

Source: green-city.su/