WKN constructs a solar farm on a former waste disposal site

Greiz-Gommla Solar Farm
WKN constructs a solar farm on a former waste disposal site

Husum - Just recently the Greiz-Gommla Solar Farm in East Thuringia
that was constructed by the Husum-based project developer WKN AG has been
put into operation. On an area of 8.2 hectares approximately 23,000
monocrystalline solar modules were installed that yield a total output of
4,498 KWp. From now on they provide over 1,000 households with
environmentally-friendly electricity.

What is remarkable about Greiz-Gommla is that the open area plant has been
built on a former waste disposal site. Where household waste was dumped
some years ago, a solar farm now ensures the production of green energy.
The Abfallwirtschaftszweckverband Ostthüringen (a joint association for
the waste management of East Thuringia) made an area available that was
not suitable for any other use because it had been a waste disposal site.
Thus a dump site has become an ecologically practical public utility site.

For the construction of the solar farm the project partners pursued not
only the sustainable usage of the former waste disposal site but also an
environmentally-friendly method of building. Most of the temporary access
roads to the construction site were covered with aluminium plates, which
were quickly be removed without causing permanent damage. Furthermore,
ground screws were used to facilitate later dismantling without damaging
the area.

The construction of the 4.5-megawatt project took three months.
\"Cooperation with all local partners, in particular with the
Abfallwirtschaftszweckverband and the local authorities was extremely
good,” the WKN Project Manager Marc Timmer reports. Numerous companies
seated in the region were commissioned with the work on the site.

In addition, the financing and sales process ran smoothly. Parallel to
implementing the project, WKN arranged the bank financing with the
Deutsche Kreditbank AG. Subsequent to its successful commissioning the
solar farm was sold to the CHORUS Group. “We are pleased to have sold the
solar farm to the CHORUS Group, an experienced and responsible purchaser
whom we look forward to working together with on a long-term basis,“ Marc
Timmer continues. The CHORUS Managing Director Thomas Laumont adds: “The
solar farm in Greiz is an ideal enhancement to our current solar fund
portfolio.” Now WKN has also taken on the technical operational management
and maintenance of the Greiz-Gommla Solar Farm for the CHORUS Group.

Since 2006 the CHORUS Group has been specialising in renewable energy
funds and is regarded as one of the most experienced initiators in this
field. To date CHORUS has placed shares in a total of 17 funds and
invested over 400 million euros in 60 renewable energy plants with a total
output of 140 megawatts.


WKN AG
WKN AG has planned, installed and operated turnkey wind farms and solar
power systems in Germany since 1990. In addition, WKN AG is also
internationally represented by subsi-diaries in numerous European
countries, South Africa and the US. Up to now, the company has initiated
and realized projects with a total of around 1,100 megawatts capacity.

The headquarters of the WKN-Group are located at the “House of Future
Energies”, an established center of excellence for renewable energy
sources in Husum/Germany. 53.43 percent of WKN shares are privately owned
by the company’s founder Volker Friedrichsen. About 17 percent are held by
diverse private and institutional shareholders while 29.33 percent are in
the hands of Siemens Project Ventures. The Chairman of the WKN Supervisory
Board is Dr Klaus Rave.


Husum, August 6, 2012

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