Solarpark Rickelshausen

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System name:      GLS Solar Park Rickelshausen
Operator:               GLS Energie AG
Energy company: Thüga AG E-Werk Singen
Location:                Rickelshausen, Radolfzell
Commissioned:    July 2007
Completion time: 10 weeks

Landfill delivers clean electricity

GLS Beteiligungs AG in Bochum is known for unconventional thinking.
For a new project in the field of renewable energy sources, this company again veered from the beaten path again, to oversee construction of a large photovoltaic system on a landfill site. Instead of concrete foundations for the modules‘ support structure, ground-mounted systems from Phoenix Solar are rammed into the ground with steel pillars. However, the ramming must be executed with the utmost care, so as not to penetrate the landfill geomembrane.
By means of reduced pillar spacing, the penetration depth was reduced to 80 cm, allowing the landfill body to be subjected to minimal loads, even in strong winds, while simultaneously guaranteeing stability.
This was the first time that thin-film modules, arranged in four rows, have been successfully installed on a landfill. Due to Rickelshausen‘s close proximity to the Swiss border, the energy suppliers‘ grids overlap. As there are different voltages in this region, it was necessary to use a special transformer which can switch to secondary voltage. Now, this powerful ground-mounted system delivers clean electricity from the landfill, and brings in attractive lease revenue for the local community.
Once again, in a situation with demanding conflicting requirements, Phoenix Solar has successfully found the right solution for the customer, by means of individual adaptations.

Wilfried Schäfer, GLS Beteiligungs AG:
"Intensive expansion of photovoltaics is one of GLS‘ strategies on the road to an energy revolution.
We were able to find a reliable partner in Phoenix Solar AG, and together we are looking forward to the next joint projects in environmentally friendly solar power."

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