Commissioning of the photovoltaic plant by FrankenChemie

On 1 March 2014, the new photovoltaic plant on the roofs of FrankenChemie was connected to the grid. The plant is designed for 80 kWp and is intended to reduce the impact on the environment on the one hand, and to have a positive effect on the cost structure of the company on the other hand.

333 modules with a size of 1640 x 992 mm on a roof space of 20 x 45 metres generated 315 KWh of electricity on 19 March from 8:30 am to 6 pm. That corresponds to approx. 15% of the annual electricity consumption of a single-person household. The company’s own consumption is at approx. 30% on average annually. As such, FrankenChemie is making a considerable contribution to reducing CO2 emissions. The electricity that is not used will be fed back into the grid and thus reduces electricity generation, e.g. by coal power stations.

Photovoltaic plants are currently one of the most environmentally-friendly means of generating electricity. They use the photoelectrical effect to generate a direct current from sunlight without CO2 emissions. The electricity thus generate is usually for self-use and partially re-fed into the public grid.

Your can find more information on the topic of photovoltaic plants at, for example, http://www.photovoltaik.org or http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photovoltaikanlag.