Soške Elektrarne Nova Gorica has collaborated with Slovenia freeway operator Dars to construct a number of PV arrays alongside Slovenia’s largest motorway.
Slovenian photo voltaic developer Soške Elektrarne Nova Gorica (Seng) and the nation’s motorway operator, Dars, plan to construct a number of photo voltaic crops alongside the A1 freeway, which connects main Slovenian cities reminiscent of Maribor, Slovensko Bistrica, Celje, Ljubljana, Vrhnika, Logatec, Postojna and Koper.
Seng signed an settlement with the Slovenian utility Holding Slovenske elektrarne (HSE) for the development of crops alongside the freeway, in addition to a number of PV initiatives. in Primorska and Karst areas. In whole, the arrays have a mixed capability of round 20 MW.
“Electrical energy consumption is growing yearly, whereas Slovenia’s self-sufficiency is lowering for the third 12 months in a row,” mentioned Slovenian Minister of the Setting Bojan Kumer. “That is additionally the explanation why Slovenia wants stronger funding in renewable power sources. We need to make the procedures for deploying renewable power services in these areas less complicated and sooner.”
Giant-scale PV has up to now struggled to realize a lot traction in Slovenia, with solely a handful of initiatives introduced in recent times, because of land use restrictions. The problem of figuring out appropriate surfaces pushes builders to be inventive.
Some international locations are presently seeking to develop PV initiatives on highways to maximise land use. These embody Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, South Korea, Israel, and France.
Slovenia might add 258 MW of latest photo voltaic capability by 2022, in response to new figures from the Slovenian Photovoltaic Affiliation (SPA). The nation put in 194 MW of photo voltaic within the first three quarters of 2022, in response to its distribution system operator, SODO. Nearly all of the capability was added within the residential sector.
SPA estimates that the nation will attain 724 MW of cumulative capability by the top of this 12 months. Analysts say additionally they count on demand from the residential sector to proceed rising in 2023.
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