Solar park Bad Liebenwerda
Project overview
The Bad Liebenwerda solar park covers an area of 21.6 hectares. 39,463 modules, all of which are bifacial, generate approximately 23,000 MWh of green electricity per year. This corresponds to the annual electricity requirements of approximately 6,100 average three-person households in Germany.
A special feature of the project is that Bad Liebenwerda is the first solar park developed by BayWa r.e. with financial participation of the municipality in accordance with Section 6 of the German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG).
Bad Liebenwerda
county Elbe-Elster, Brandenburg
December 2022
Commissioning
21.14 MWp
of installed capacity
Ground-mounted PV
Modules: fixed tilt, bifacial
Biodiversity-enhancing
measures
9,200 tons of CO2
are saved annually
The promotion of biodiversity was a central component of the planning. 20.93 hectares of the solar park area are available for measures to protect, maintain and develop nature and the landscape. Less than one percent of the total solar park area was sealed for module installation and construction.
The solar park area was divided into two individual areas so that beavers and otters, among others, can use the existing drainage ditch, which crosses the area outside the building boundaries from southwest to northeast, as a migration corridor.
As an additional compensatory measure for the construction of the ground-mounted PV system, an approx. 4.38 ha compensation area in Zobersdorf was made extensible. Arable grass was sown on the previously intensively farmed arable land. The area is now grazed by Scottish Highland cattle.
As an Independent Power Producer (IPP), BayWa r.e. operates the Bad Liebenwerda solar park as part of its own asset portfolio.
