EnBW has started construction of the 187MW Weesow-Willmersdorf solar farm in Germany.
The project will comprise 465,000 south-facing solar modules located on 164 hectares of land 26km northeast of Berlin in Werneuchen, Brandenburg.
The modules will be distributed across four fields, divided by the local road network which will still be publicly accessible.
Weesow-Willmersdorf will deliver 180 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year once it is operational before the end of the year, the company said.
More than 40 companies have been commissioned by EnBW to work on the construction of the project, which will generate about 150 jobs.
Electricity generated will be fed into three 110kV overhead cables operated by E.DIS Netz.
Two new transformer stations will be built to the west and southwest of the park in close vicinity to the high-voltage lines.
EnBW is currently laying seven kilometres of cables to the planned transformer station to the southwest of the park in the district of Blumberg.
The almost four-kilometre long connection to the western transformer station near Börnicke will be completed later.
EnBW head of generation portfolio development Dirk Gusewell said: “Major photovoltaic projects like this one are just what is needed to push forward renewable energies and the Energiewende in Germany.
“This solar park is our first renewable project without state funding.
“It also marks a milestone for photovoltaics in Germany and demonstrates that this technology has achieved market maturity.”
Brandenburg Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour and Energy Jorg Steinbach said: “Brandenburg is taking a leading role in the Energiewende because hardly any other German state has pushed forward with the expansion of renewable energies so strongly.
EnBW is contributing to the achievement of our climate policy targets with projects such as the Weesow-Willmersdorf solar park.
“The project being developed by EnBW demonstrates that renewable energies can be competitive.”