75 megawatts in Great Britain achieve full feed-in compensation
GOLDBECK Solar, headquartered in Hirschberg, brought 115 megawatts to the grid in the last 12 months. That includes more than 75 MWp constructed and connected in the latest quarter. In total, GOLDBECK Solar has built more than 250 MWp in Great Britain. New compensation standards for the United Kingdom went into effect in April. Thus, as much output as possible was to be connected by the deadline at the end of March.
The Carloggas, Branston, Emberton, Tengore, Hurcott, Folly, Nowhere and Milkwall plants (spread across England) necessitated, in part, complex engineering and construction steps, for example deep boreholes and demanding logistics for some sites. ʺCarloggas, located in Cornwall, was especially challenging, given its short project timeline,ʺ emphasized Bjorn Lamprecht about one of the projects. The site possesses a difficult-to-penetrate granite surface, in which 70 percent of the foundations had to be pre-drilled. These substructures are now anchored up to 1.6 meters deep in order to withstand wind and weather. In addition to the challenging ground conditions, special logistics were required for this project. According to provisions within the planning permission, only tractors were allowed to drive on the site. Project components had to be delivered to a staging site 2 kilometres away and then transferred from lorries to agricultural machinery. ʺA sophisticated Traffic Management Plan solved the supply problem,ʺ explained Lamprecht. He is proud of his co-workers who were able to complete the entire plant within a short timeframe. Almost 90 people worked there simultaneously during the peak period.
