Energy Providers Invest in Sharp Solar Power Plants

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

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Energy Providers Invest in Sharp Solar Power Plants

GERMANY - For the first time, Sharp Energy Solution Europe is building solar power plants for energy providers in Germany.

It is a project in cooperation with EnBW Erneuerbare Energien GmbH on the one hand and a project for the PFALZWERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT through the partner EUROSOL on the other.

With an investment sum of around €6 million in 2009, both megawatt projects promise good yields.

Sharp’s silicon-based thin-film technology is a central success factor for the profitability of photovoltaics. Sharp’s 50 years of experience in the solar market make it the ideal partner when it comes to secure investment in profitable large-scale solar projects.

EnBW is entering into the solar energy market as an investor with the Leibertingen solar park in Baden-Württemberg and makes use of Sharp‘s solar technology in the process as does PFALZWERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, with its photovoltaic plant in Höheinöd, Rhineland-Palatinate.

“Together with our partners, we could realise a showcase project which will act as a beacon even beyond the boundaries of the regions”, says Peter Thiele, Executive Vice President of Sharp Energy Solution Europe.

“Both solar power plants clearly demonstrate how cost-effective photovoltaics can be, especially the thin-film technology. They make it clear that photovoltaics is a secure, profitable and environmentally friendly energy technology, thus making it a lucrative future model for energy providers.”

Roughly 17,000 Sharp thin-film modules produce environmentally friendly electricity in each of the solar power plants. With an anticipated 2.1 million kilowatt hours of solar energy, each plant can supply 600 households annually and save 1,200 tons of CO₂.

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