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Europe's largest SolarPV farm

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:14 am
by dan_b
Built on the remains of an open-cast lignite mine in Germany. It's a biggun!

https://electrek.co/2024/04/12/germany- ... olar-farm/

Re: Europe's largest SolarPV farm

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:10 pm
by AGT
Nice repurposing of land

Re: Europe's largest SolarPV farm

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:04 pm
by dan_b
That's what I thought too - that's land that would take decades to ever come back into use for anything else otherwise.

Re: Europe's largest SolarPV farm

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:53 pm
by Fintray
Have they had anyone flying in their friends private helicopter taking pictures and complaining about it being a blot on the landscape yet?

Re: Europe's largest SolarPV farm

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:10 pm
by chris_n
When I drive North through Germany I see very many solar farms, small and large. It appears they are accepted as normal, not much choice really when they shut all of the nuclear down.

Re: Europe's largest SolarPV farm

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:33 pm
by Mart
Fintray wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:53 pm Have they had anyone flying in their friends private helicopter taking pictures and complaining about it being a blot on the landscape yet?
:hysteria: That still pee's me off, 11yrs later.

Does Germany have the equivalent of the Daily Fail?

Re: Europe's largest SolarPV farm

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:29 pm
by chris_n
Mart wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:33 pm
Fintray wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:53 pm Have they had anyone flying in their friends private helicopter taking pictures and complaining about it being a blot on the landscape yet?
:hysteria: That still pee's me off, 11yrs later.

Does Germany have the equivalent of the Daily Fail?
I guess the closest is probably www.Bild.de