Start of construction for first solar express power plant in Graubünden
Published: Friday, Aug 16th 2024, 17:50
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The federal government's Solar Express is showing its first results in Graubünden: With the ground-breaking ceremony for the Sedrunsolar large-scale solar plant in the Grisons Oberland on Friday, the first of around ten projects is finally being realized. A local energy company is behind it.
The 85 million Swiss franc plant is being built by Energia Alpina (EA), the public energy supplier of the municipality of Disentis. Avetron, a company from Baselland specializing in the production of renewable energies, is also involved. The two companies made the announcement at the start of construction.
The solar power plant is being built at an altitude of over 2000 meters above sea level near the ski resort above Sedrun, on an area of just under 0.3 square kilometers. With an installed capacity of 19.3 megawatts, 5700 solar panels will supply energy for around 6500 households.
The estimated annual production is 29 gigawatt hours. 47 percent of this is to be generated in winter. This makes Sedrunsolar the second largest solar project being driven forward in Graubünden.
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