OMV installs ground-mounted photovoltaic plant with solar tracking system
OMV, the international, integrated oil, gas and chemicals company headquartered in Vienna, has started up its ground-mounted photovoltaic plant with solar tracking in Lobau (Austria/Vienna). OMV has invested around EUR 4.5 mn in the facility. On an industrial plot owned by OMV measuring 6 hectares a ground-mounted photovoltaic plant with solar tracking and output of 5,590 kWp has been installed in Lobau. Compared to a fixed installation, a solar-tracking system, i.e. one that follows the position of the sun, increases sustainable electricity production by about 10%. In addition, the solar panels are equipped with bifacial modules.
These are “two-sided” cells that can use the reflected light also via the backside of the panel. This increases production efficiency by another 5% compared to single-face solar cells. A total of nearly 10,000 photovoltaic modules and more than 50 inverters were installed. The renewable electricity is fed directly into the OMV grid and covers with 7 GWh around 45% of the annual energy demand of the OMV Lobau tank farm. This is roughly equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of 1,800 households and ensures CO2 savings of around 2,100 tons per year.
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