Swiss vertical solar-plus-storage project commissioned
A Swiss consortium has commissioned a ground-mounted, vertical PV-plus-storage plant on an area of around 6,000 m2 in the municipality of Kaltbrunn, in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
The consortium is formed by Swiss timber company, and site landowner W. Rüegg AG; PV consultancy Zenna AG; and solar installer Helion Energy AG.
The project has 366 kW of solar generation capacity plus a 2.5 MW/3 MWh BESS. The screw foundations for the solar panels were provided by German mounting system provider K2 and the inverters came from Germany’s SMA Solar Technology. Enerone battery units, from Chinese giant CATL, make up the BESS installation.
W. Rüegg said the demountable site could be used elsewhere, for instance in combination with an agricultural application. The panels and battery are currently on Baumgarten industrial site in the Fischhausen industrial center, a site reserved for future business development. The site is therefore not intended for a fully permanent installation, nor temporary, but an in-between state more suited to a flexibile install.
“We have had two plots on the outskirts of the village for some time,” explained W. Rüegg in a statement. “Since one of the two plots was planned as a possible expansion of our business but, due to the long planning phases this would not be possible for another 15 years, we thought about how this land could be used in an intermediate way. The ground-mounted photovoltaic plant project therefore represents a perfect intermediate use.”
The energy generated and stored at the site is sold on the Swiss market by Axpo-owned building technology business CKW. When W. Rüegg’s business expansion project takes place nearby, the landowner will consume energy from the solar-plus-storage facility.
With low site elevation, to ensure less visual impact, the anti-glare-surface solar panels also feature anti-glare edges and are orientated south.
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