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Alpiq plans to build 18MW vertical bifacial PV plant in Swiss Alps

  • February 16, 2022
Swiss renewable energy producer Alpiq has announced that it will build an 18MW vertical bifacial solar power plant at an altitude of 2,000 to 2,200 meters in Gondo-Zwischbergen in the Swiss canton of Valais.

The Gondosolar PV project will have 4,500 bifacial modules on 10 hectares of land and will generate approximately 23.3 million kWh of electricity per year.

The project is expected to require an investment of 42 million Swiss francs ($45.5 million) and, due to the project's design, will generate about twice as much power per square metre as comparable facilities on the Swiss plateau, the company said. The company further explained, “Furthermore, 55% of the electricity generated by the Gondosolar project will be produced in winter, and the winter power generation per square meter will be four times that of lowland PV installations.”

Alpiq also revealed that the company is going through the trial process and financing for the project, with construction expected to be completed within three years after construction begins.

Project sponsor Renato Jordan owns a piece of land in Alpjerung, where the power station is located. Alpiq said, “We conducted a comprehensive feasibility study and finally concluded that the project is not only environmentally and technically feasible, but also economically feasible, as long as the subsidy model enacted by the Federal Parliament allows Gondosolar to perform at its highest level. Get a 60% subsidy."

The power station will be owned and operated by local utility company Electrique du Simplon (EES), of which Alpiq itself is the largest shareholder.

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