Featured in Lean machines – 09-2011

Needle in a haystack

Open sites: Last year, subsidy for solar installations on agricultural sites in Germany ended, and many project leaders had to put on ice plans which had already been developed. Others, however, secured suitable conversion sites for themselves ahead of time. However, building is often a cumbersome process.

“The remaining site potential is, with an estimated 230,000 acres, more than adequate for open site installations. Until now, 7,800 hectares have been used for solar parks. At this site, more than 2,400 megawatts of capacity have been installed.” This was the justification of the Federal Government in refusing the recommendation of the Upper House …

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