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Shell Solar and GEOSOL to build world's largest solar power station in Germany
GEOSOL is the initiator and project developer while Shell Solar is the prime construction contractor.
The solar power station will be built on a former lignite mine ash deposit near Espenhain. The free-standing array will comprise some 33,500 solar modules with a total output of 5 MW.
The solar power station is due on stream in July 2004. The power will be fed directly into the grid operated by enviaM Mitteldeutsche Energie AG, and will be sufficient to meet the electricity demand of about 1,800 households. The solar power station will save some 3,700 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually.