Satu Mare Solar Park
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Satu Mare Solar Park, a large thin-film photovoltaic (PV) power system, is being built on a 15 ha plot of land near the Satu Mare city in Romania
. The power plant will be a 5 to 8-megawatt solar power
system using state-of-the-art thin film
technology, and should be finished by the end of 2012. The solar park is expected to between supply 2,000 MWh and 3,000 MWh of electricity per year.
The installation will be in the Satu Mare County
in north-western Romania, to be built on a 15 hectares plot of land in the city of Satu Mare. The investment cost for the Satu Mare solar park amounts to some Euro 10 million.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. The power plant will be a 5 to 8-megawatt solar power
Solar power
Solar energy, radiant light and heat from the sun, has been harnessed by humans since ancient times using a range of ever-evolving technologies. Solar radiation, along with secondary solar-powered resources such as wind and wave power, hydroelectricity and biomass, account for most of the available...
system using state-of-the-art thin film
Thin film
A thin film is a layer of material ranging from fractions of a nanometer to several micrometers in thickness. Electronic semiconductor devices and optical coatings are the main applications benefiting from thin film construction....
technology, and should be finished by the end of 2012. The solar park is expected to between supply 2,000 MWh and 3,000 MWh of electricity per year.
The installation will be in the Satu Mare County
Satu Mare County
Satu Mare County is a county of Romania. The capital city is Satu Mare. Besides Romanians , Satu Mare features a significant ethnic minority of Hungarians .-Demographics:...
in north-western Romania, to be built on a 15 hectares plot of land in the city of Satu Mare. The investment cost for the Satu Mare solar park amounts to some Euro 10 million.
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- Solar power in RomaniaSolar power in RomaniaSolar power in Romania had in 2007 an installed capacity of 0.81 MWp. Romania is located in an area with a good solar potential of 210 sunny days per year and with an annual solar energy flux between 1,000 kWh/ m2/year and 1,300 kWh/ m2/year. From this total amount around 600 to 800 kWh/ m2/year is...