Vienna Citizen Solar Power Plant
Wien Energie''''s newest and largest citizen''''s solar project is built on a drinking water reservoir in Unterlaa, with 6,400 solar panels producing around 2.05 gigawatt hours a year.
Wien Energie''''s newest and largest citizen''''s solar project is built on a drinking water reservoir in Unterlaa, with 6,400 solar panels producing around 2.05 gigawatt hours a year.
Vienna has implemented its photovoltaic initiative in record time: The target of 250 megawatt peak (MWp) solar power capacity was reached ten months earlier than planned.
The citizens'' power plants project launched by Vienna''s municipal energy provider Wien Energie allows everyone to participate in the development of eco-friendly electricity generated by solar
The citizens'' power plants project launched by Vienna''s municipal energy provider Wien Energie allows everyone to participate in the development
Currently, Wien Energie''s facilities generate green electricity for around 770,000 households in Vienna. "With a record expansion of photovoltaic energy and a 50% increase in
Austria expects over two gigawatts of new solar power; investment grants approved. Open space expansion remains a challenge for industry growth.
Wien Energie''s newest and largest citizen''s solar project is built on a drinking water reservoir in Unterlaa, with 6,400 solar panels producing around 2.05 gigawatt hours a year.
Wien Energie built Vienna''s first collective PV system allowing households to collectively produce, use and resell renewable electricity. Wiener Linien is working alongside Wien Energie to test
Meanwhile more than 20 solar power plants have been financed 100% by the people of Vienna (shares start at €50 and are limited to €10.000 per holder).
Wien Energie elaborated an innovative model to allow its citizens to take part in the installation of photovoltaics on public buildings'' roofs or just beyond the city boundary. The project started in
In addition to mandating solar panels and energy-efficient buildings, Vienna is now heating thousands of homes with geothermal energy instead of planet-heating natural gas.
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