Phnix SonnenStrom AG has been commissioned to design and construct a large-scale solar thin-film electricity plant with a peak power output of around 1.7 megawatts. | A solar fund initiated by mainfrankenSolar commissioned the plant. In 2005 Phnix SonnenStrom built a 1 MW green-field plant for another fund of mainfrankenSolar.
Construction work on the ground mounted photovoltaic plant in Buchheim near Wuerzburg is due to start in mid-July. The power plant is to be constructed with some 26,000 thin film modules made by First Solar, an American manufacturer, and is to be connected to the grid in November of this year.
The total investment volume comes to around EUR 7 million. The construction of another photovoltaic plant with a peak power output of 2.2 megawatts on the same site is planned for this year as well.
Phnix SonnenStrom AG, based in Sulzemoos near Munich, is a leading systems supplier in the German and European photovoltaic sectors. The company designs, builds and operates large-scale photovoltaic power plants and is a wholesaler of complete solar electricity systems, solar modules and components.
As part of its internationalisation strategy, it acquired a participation in a solar company in Italy, and in April 2006 it founded its Spanish subsidiary Phoenix Energa Solar. In 2005, Phnix SonnenStrom AG received the “Bayerns Best 50” and “Europe’s 500” awards in recognition of its rapid growth.