Augsburg, 03/22/2016 – The state-owned oil company Production Association Belorusneft is relying on German know-how to plan its next solar park in Rechytsa, Belarus. Belorusneft has enlisted Augsburg-based meteocontrol GmbH to produce yield reports for a planned PV park with a capacity of 55 MW. The reports will allow the energy supplier to objectively assess bids submitted in the contract-awarding process and directly compare engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) services.
Six EPC companies submitted bids to build the 55 MW solar park in Rechytsa, a town in eastern Belarus. To objectively and professionally assess and compare the bids, Belorusneft, the investor and operator of the park, enlisted meteocontrol as an independent expert. “meteocontrol’s wealth of experience and expertise in yield reports, especially for international PV projects, won us over,” said Alexey Zaitsev, Deputy Head of International Commerce Division at Production Association Belorusneft.
Reliable yield reports safeguard investments
On the basis of the submitted EPC bids, meteocontrol will produce a series of reports for the planned park site in Rechytsa. The choice of components for modules and inverters as well as the planned configuration will be considered in the calculations. The shading angle of the module rows, module circuitry and the assignment of inverters will play a key role, among other factors. In addition to system-specific parameters, the calculations will take into account local conditions as well as the latest climate-research findings. “The irradiance at the Rechytsa site is roughly comparable with southern Germany’s,” said Robert Pfatischer, Managing Director of meteocontrol. “However, we have to expect greater yield losses due to snow .” meteocontrol has access to constantly updated, highly accurate meteorological data and will combine this information with the yield data from the over 40,500 PV systems it monitors.
As a result, the solar power forecasts will be based on actual operating data rather than assumptions. They will provide a highly reliable basis for planning PV systems and help ensure planning and, thus, investment security.
