| Waldpolenz Solar Park | |
| Coordinates: | 51.3283°N 12.6561°W |
| Country: | Germany |
| Cost: | €130 million |
| Operator: | Juwi |
| Solar Type: | PV |
| Ps Units Operational: | 550,000 |
| Ps Units Manu Model: | First Solar |
| Ps Site Area: | 2200NaN0 footprint |
| Ps Electrical Capacity: | 52 MW |
| Ps Annual Generation: | 52 GWh |
| Website: | Juwi |
The Waldpolenz Solar Park is a 52-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power station built by German developer and operator Juwi at a former military air base near Leipzig, Eastern Germany. When completed by the end of 2008, it was the world's largest thin-film solar park using CdTe-modules.[1]
Initially, the solar power plant's nameplate capacity was 40 MW, consisting of 500,000 state-of-the-art solar panels provided by U.S. manufacturer First Solar, and generated 40,000 MWh of electricity per year.[2] The solar park was then extended with another 153,650 panels, also provided by First Solar, to a final capacity of 52 MWP in 2011[3]
The installation is located in the Muldentalkreis district in the state of Saxony in eastern Germany, built on half of the location's 220ha[4] in the townships of Brandis and Bennewitz.[5] The investment costs for the Waldpolenz solar park have amounted to some 130 million euro.[2]