pig farm

Germany
ROOFTOP SYSTEM FEATURING REC MODULES
High return on investment
Low maintenance
Estimated output of 78 791 kWh per year
kW SYSTEM
SIZE
93
TONS CO2 SAVED
ANNUALLY
51
COMMERCIAL
INSTALLATION
SOLAR MODULES
434
This was important for the owners, as it made the
monitoring of the PV system cost-ecient and easy.
At 93kWp, the Landwirtschafliche Dienstleistungs
GbR system is much larger than the typical German
farm PV installation size of between 30 and 60 kW in
Northern Germany.
The system is expected to generate 78 MW of electric-
ity annually. Given the high output of the REC modules
and the overall success of this system, the owners
have begun an assessment for a second system on an-
other building on the farm.
REC modules proved to be a smart investment for a German farm, now fully
beneting from the nancial and tax advantages.
Pig FARM
in gadendorf
PROJECT OVERVIEW
COMMERCIAL ROOFTOP SYSTEM

Owner:
HLL Landwirtschafliche Dienstleistungs GbR
Location:
Gadendorf, Germany
Type of Installation:
Roofop
System Size:
93,31 kW
Module Type:
REC 215AE
Number of modules installed:
434
Annual capacity:
78 791 kWh
Completion Date:
October 2008
Name of Installer and developer:
EWS GmbH & Co.KG

www.recgroup.com
THIS FARM in a remote area of Northern Germany is equipped with
a semi-automated PV surveillance system. In early 2008, the farms
owners decided to install a photovoltaic solar system on one of the
roofops at the facility. Their aim was to generate a prot from the
system, based on the available bank credits for stable investments,
advantageous German feed-in tari and tax benets for PV sys-
tems and the amounts of sunlight in the local area. In a challenging
nancial context, a safe return on investment was crucial for the
decision to purchase a PV-plant.

Working with installers from EWS GmbH & Co. KG, Landwirtschafli-
che Dienstleistungs GbR chose to develop a roofop system with a
package featuring 434 REC 215AE modules.
The system was installed on a 66m long roofop. It is designed to be
low-maintenance and managed remotely, with loggers installed to
collect data from the inverters. The data loggers can be triggered
via mobile phone and the data downloaded to a remote computer.
REC is a leading vertically integrated player in the solar energy industry. REC is among the worlds largest producers
of polysilicon and wafers for solar applications, and a rapidly growing manufacturer of solar cells and modules. REC is
also engaged in project development activities in selected PV segments. Founded in Norway, REC is an international
solar company, employing more than 4,200 people worldwide. REC had revenues close to NOK 14 billion in 2010.

REC-Modules provide us
with consistently high
output. We are very happy
about the decision to invest
in REC modules and we are
thinking about expansion.
BURKHARD LTH, CO-OWNER