Evergreen Solar Updates On Construction Of 2.8 MW Solar Installation Atop Germany’s A3 Highway Tunnel

Published: 23-Feb-2009

Evergreen Solar, Inc. (Evergreen Solar) has announced that an installation placing more than 16,000 solar panels on the roof of the tunnel of Germany’s A3 highway using Evergreen Solar panels is nearing completion of its phase I of construction. The 2.8 megawatt (MW) solar installation is located near Aschaffenburg, Germany. It occupies 2.7 kilometers of the A3 tunnel roof. Ralos Vertriebs GmbH is overseeing the construction and working with Goldbach-Hoesbach GmbH & Co. KG (Goldbach-Hoesbach).

After completion, the solar system will provide enough energy to power more than 600 average houses annually. Goldbach-Hoesbach, which purchased the land from the German government, will oversee the projects in connectivity to the power grid. The investment in the project is EUR11 million, which will be paid back through cost savings over 16 years.

“This project is a testament to the fact that when both government and developers work together in a creative and goal-oriented way, positive results such as clean, renewable energy can be the result,” said Peter Rusch, Evergreen Solar’s director of marketing and sales for Europe, the Middle East and Asia. “Theoretically, there’s a huge amount of free space on highway bridges and tunnels. If this example is replicated throughout Germany, the country’s market share on solar energy could rise substantially.”

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