Sunvoima Oy builds Finland’s first megawatt-scale solar power plant
Sunvoima Sunvoima solar power plant will begin its power production in Spring 2011. It is the very first notable scale solar power plant in Finland.Kotka-based Sunvoima Oy will begin the construction of Finland's very first notable scale solar energy plant. The construction will start next year and the energy production is expected to begin in the spring of 2011. The energy output from the plant has been set at one megawatt, but capacity can be expanded to meet demand.
Despite the unquestionable darkness of December, sun power in Finland is a real possibility. For instance, last February the two two-square meter solar panels, which were installed outside Oilon in Lahti, managed to heat up the factory's inbound water to 20 degrees Celsius while the outside conditions were partly cloudy with minus 7 degrees Celsius. The oil burner manufacturer Oilon is in the process of developing a so-called hybrid house, which is heated up by a ground-coupled heat exchanger, solar collector and oil burners. Oil is used only when the weather reaches its most extreme cold.
Sunvoima, which has been established this year, will begin selling its production shares in December. The sale will take place on the company's website. CEO of Sunvoima, Juha Attenberg says that the power plant will need a hectare of solar panels and a couple of hectares of land. The company has started inspecting suitable plots nearby the City of Kotka.
The Chinese have planned to begin the construction of a two-thousand megawatt solar power plant in the Mongolian desert. Spain has understandably been the leading solar power country in Europe. For instance General Motors built a huge solar panel system on the two-hectare roof of its Zaragoza car factory. The project was supported by the European Union.
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