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Large-scale roof mounted/roof integrated
photovoltaic systems

"Sol omnibus lucet - The sun shines upon all."
(Petronius)

Akademie-du-Mont-Cenis, Herne, Germany - 1 MWp Akademie-du-Mont-Cenis, Herne, Germany - 1 MWp Akademie-du-Mont-Cenis, Herne, Germany - 1 MWp

Akademie Mont Cenis, Herne, Germany, 1 MWp - probably the most attractive BIPV system
(source/copyright: pictures 1,3 Flabeg Solar, picture 2: Denis Lenardic).

The world's largest roof mounted systems and other BIPV systems are presented in the table below. If some large roof mounted/BIPV systems are missing and should be included in this table, or if some entries in the table should be modified, please mail detailed information to email. Countries where large-scale (>1 MWp) power plants were put into service are (ranked by cumulative power capacity installed as at December 2009):

es   de   us   it   kor   cz - Spain, Germany, USA, Italy, South Korea, Czech Republic

cn   pt   ca   fr   re   be - China, Portugal, Canada, France, Franch overseas departments/Reunion, Belgium

jp   gr   ae   nl   ch - Japan, Greece, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, Switzerland

th   bg   in   au   ph - Thailand, Bulgaria, India, Australia, the Philippines

The main source of information included in the table below are various internet sources. The list should be as accurate as possible. Howewer the mistakes and missentries can not be excluded. Please inform me if there some plants are missing or the entries should be modified. For other especially interesting large systems please follow the links below:
 

 

Power

Location

Description

Constructed

MWh/GHG

Picture

11.8 MW

es Spain,
Zaragoza

Picture courtesy:
United Solar Ovonic LLC

GM facility

RM

Veolia Environnment
Clearvoyant Energy
September 2008

15.1 GWh

GM Zaragoza, Spain, 11.8MWp, courtesy Uni Solar Ovonic LLC

5.21 MW

jp Japan,
Kameyama

Sharp plant, Kameyama

BIPV, DIST, TRANS

2006

3,400 t CO2

 

5 MW

de Germany,
Bürstadt

Picture courtesy:
TAUBER-SOLAR

Bürstadt PV power plant

RM

TAUBER-SOLAR
activ solar
Ralos
May 2005

4.5 GWh
3,200 t CO2

Bürstadt plant, courtesy TAUBER-SOLAR

4.7 MW

it Italy,
Serravale Scrivia
(Piemont)

KME Group

RM

ErgyCapital
2009

   

4.64 MW

de Germany,
Hassleben
(Brandenburg)

Picture courtesy:
Colexon

Hassleben feedstock farm, roof mounted system

RM

Colexon
December 2008

 

Hassleben PV roof, Germany, courtesy Colexon AG

4.64 MW

de Germany,
Rain am Lech
(Bayern)

Picture courtesy:
S.A.G. Solarstrom

Dehner Gartencenter

RM

2009

 

Rain am Lech, Germany, courtesy, S.A.G. Solarstrom

4.2 MW

be Belgium,
Sint-Baafs- Vijve

Balta facility

GM

2010

   

3.839 MW

de Germany,
Muggensturm,
Rastatt

Picture courtesy:
TAUBER-SOLAR

Co. Hartmann Logistik
in Muggensturm along A5 motorway Exit "Rastatt"

RM

TAUBER-SOLAR
December 2006

3,700 MWh

2,600 t CO2

Hartmann Logistik, Muggensturm, courtesy TAUBER-SOLAR

3.8 MW

de Germany,
Stuttgart

Fair Stuttgart

RM

Greenpeace Energy
IBC SOLAR
2009

   

3.7 MW

de Germany,
Kronwieden,
Dingolfing

Picture courtesy:
Deutsche BP

Fischer's family warehouse

RM

.

BP Solar
October 2005

3,600 MWh
2,500 t CO2

Fischer's family warehouse, Kronwieden - courtesy BP Solar

3.5 MW

de Germany,
Homburg(Saarland)

Picture copyright:
Michelin

Michelin Reifenwerke KGaA

RM, BIPV, part of 9 MW Michelin Solarpark

Part of Solar Return Fund I and II

EPURON
SunTechnics
Michelin Reifenwerke KGaA
2,6 MWp December 2004
expanded to 3,5 MWp in June 2005

5,000 t GHG

Michelin, Homburg, copyright Michelin

3.36 MW

es Spain,
Barcelona

Barcelona Fair, roof mounted system pavilions 1,2,3,4,6,8

RM

Fira 2000
2008

   

3.3 MW

de Germany,
Wolfsburg

Picture courtesy:
S.A.G. Solarstrom

VW facility PV plant

RM

6228 modules

S.A.G. Solarstrom
2008

 

Wolfsburg, Germany, courtesy, S.A.G. Solarstrom

3.26 MW

de Germany,
Dingolfing

Picture courtesy:
Goldbeck Solar GmbH

Co.Mückenhausen

RM, BIPV, some FM and CONC modules used

roof mounted plant

18736 Solara, Sharp and Kyocera (facade) modules used
11 SMA inverters.

Goldbeck Solar
October 2004

3,050 MWh

Dingolfing plant

3.12 MW

cn China,
Shanghai

Shanghai World Expo 2010



RM

2010

   

3.04 MW

de Germany,
Waldeck

Picture courtesy:
Colexon

Geflügelhof Waldeck

RM

Colexon
2008

2,800 MWh
2,650 t CO2

Waldeck PV roof, Germany, courtesy Colexon AG

3 MW

cn China,
Yangcheng

Roof mounted PV power plant Yangcheng City



RM

2010

   

3 MW

es Spain,
Madrid

Picture courtesy:
Suravia S.A.

Telefónica Madrid

RM


2006

3,600 MWh
1,600 tons CO2

Telefonica roof mounted system, Spain - courtesy Suravia S.A.

3 MW

de Germany,
Biberach/Riß

Liebherr corp.

RM

Part 1: Constructed by City Solar AG
6690 modules
Part 2: Würth-Solar

City Solar
Würth-Solar
September 2005

2,838 MWh
2,200 t CO2

 

2.906 MW

it Italy,
Prato, PR

Coop Prato

RM

2009

   

2.8 MW

it Italy,
Pontenure, PI

Upim, roof mounted PV power plant

RM

Ecostream
2009

   

2.5 MW

de Germany,
Ramstein

Picture courtesy:
Colexon

Logistikzentrum Gutperle
RM

Colexon
2007

2,400 MWh
2,000 t CO2

Ramstein, Germany, courtesy Colexon

2.496 MW

de Germany,
Konz
(Rheinland- Pfalz)

Solarpark Konz

RM

Energiequelle GmbH
2007

   

2.4 MW

de Germany,
Glauchau

Roof mounted PV power plant

RM

2009

   

2.36 MW

usa USA,
Atlantic City, NJ

Atlantic City Convention Center ACCC

GM, TRAC

Car port roof, tracking and fixed mount
SunPower Corp. modules

2009

   



* Abbreviations - explanation

BG - Biogas as additional energy source in hybrid systems
BIPV - Building integrated photovoltaic system
BM - Biomass as additional energy source in hybrid systems
CONC - Concentrating photovoltaic system
CSC - Coloured solar cells
DI - Diesel fuel as additional source of energy in hybrid systems
DIST - Distributed photovoltaic system
GC - Grid-connected photovoltaic system
GM - Ground-mounted photovoltaic system
FC - Fuell cells as additional energy source in hybrid systems
FI - Facade-integrated system
FLEX - Flexible solar cells
FM - Facade-mounted system
HY - Hybrid photovoltaic system
NB - Noise barrier
PB - PV System part of a passive building
RES - Residental housing
RI - Roof-integrated photovoltaic system
RM - Roof-mounted photovoltaic system
SA - Standalone photovoltaic system
SV - "Shadow-Voltaic" system
TF - Thin-Film (aSi, CdTe, CIS etc.)
TRAC - Tracking system
TRAN - Transparent modules
WI - Wind as additional source of energy in hybrid systems
WP - Water pumping
 

Special thanks for contributions (permissions to use pictures, errata etc.) to Top 50/100, Top 25 BIPV and to Top 5 ranked by country lists - listed in alphabetic order:

Accener S.L., APS, Bangkok Solar, www.bergfoto.ch, Beck Energy, BP Solar, Cagayan Electric Power & Light Co.,Inc., Chevron Energy Solutions, City Solar AG, Classic Bautreuhand GmbH & Co. KG, Colexon, Conergy, Deutsche BP, Ecofys, Ecostream, EEPro, Elektro Kirchner, ENEL, Energetica Energietechnik, EPURON, esTCI S.L., First Solar, Gehrlicher Solar, Generaciones Fotovoltaicas de la Mancha, Geo-Images Project, Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley, GEOSOL Gesellschaft für Solarenergie mbH, Glaswerke Arnold GmbH&Co.KG, Globalsolar Inc., Goldbeck Solar, Gregory Kerwin, Grupo Enerpal, Tom Hansen (Tucson Electric Power), HiTechSolar s.r.o., IBC SOLAR AG, IM2 Energia Solar, Inversiones Solares Sunergy, SLL, Jayme da Costa, JSA Technology, juwi, K&S Consulting, Kahn Solar, Korowatt s.r.o., Martin Bucher Projektentwicklungen, Jiménez Belinchón, S.A., Joel Mendel, MEPGroup, Meyer & Meyer Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Michelin Reifenwerke KGaA, Mitsubishi Electric, MySolar, New Energy Invest GmbH, Takashi Oozeki - AIST, Pfalzwerke, Phoenix Solar, Pohlen Solar, Polder PV - Peter Segaar, Poulek Solar, PowerLight Corp., PV Labor der HTI Bern, Q-Cells International, Ra Solar, Ralos Vertriebs GmbH, Reginald Brown (BSRIA Ltd), S.A.G. Solarstrom, S.E. Project™ S.r.l., Scatec Solar, Scheuten Solar Technology, Seoul Marine Co., Sharp Electronics Europe GmbH, Shell Solar, SIEL/SIAC, Siemens Nederland N.V., SMA Technologie AG, Solar Energiedach GmbH, Solar Engineering Decker & Mack GmbH, Solar World SolarCraft, Solarparc AG, Solarpark Rodenäs GmbH, Solarstrom Schwaben GmbH, SonnenEnergie GmbH, Stephan Schröder Management GmbH, StroomWerk, SunPower Corp., Sun Power & Geothermal Energy, SunEnergy GmbH, Suravia S.A. - fotografia aerea, SunStrom GmbH, Uni Solar Ovonic LLC, TAUBER-SOLAR Management GmbH, Bram Vorster, WIRSOL GmbH, WorldWater & Power Corp., Floris Wouterlood, flag icons provided by icondrawer.
 

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