Featured in Northern hot spot – 11-2010

Faster, larger, easier

Ground-mounted installations: Time is money, so connecting up megawatt parks to the grid has to become faster. Smart ways to secure modules help accelerate the process. GPS-controlled ramming robots and giant modules are further aids to speed up future ground-mounted installations.

In Germany, 2009 was a boom year for ground-mounted solar installations. For the moment, it’s all over, as photovoltaic arrays set up on former farmland after July 2010 won’t be paid to supply electricity to the grid. So project developers in Germany are working on their international business. Sven Künzel, Senior Sales Manager for Schletter …

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