Press Archive - עמוד 4 מתוך 5

BELECTRIC commissions another large-scale solar farm in Israel for EDF

Press release from 22. ספטמבר 2021

Solar project with an installed capacity of 60 MWp completed on time
BELECTRIC provides operation and maintenance services

Kolitzheim (Germany) / Be`er Sheva (Israel) – BELECTRIC has completed and commissioned a solar project in Israel on behalf of its customer EDF. With an installed capacity of 60 MWp the solar plant produces more than 145 gigawatt hours of green electricity per year. BELECTRIC provided a turnkey system for the large-scale PV plant, which was built in Timna. The plant consists of 154,000 solar panels and reached commercial operation in spring this year. Furthermore BELECTRIC is currently realising one of the largest floating PV plants in Israel on behalf of EDF. The 19.3 MW project is located in northern Israel on a water reservoir used for fish farms near the Kibbutz Lohamei HaGeta'ot. Commissioning for this project is expected by end of this year. BELECTRIC will operate and maintain both projects on behalf of its customer.

“This has been the largest project we have built so far for our long standing customer EDF in Israel”, explains Ingo Alphéus, CEO of BELECTRIC Solar & Battery GmbH.

“Considering the difficult topography of the construction site with extreme hard soil and the harsh desert weather conditions, I am particularly proud of our team and local workforce and how they met these challenges. We have been operating the solar plant since spring and are looking forward to many more years of operations”, adds Anna Velikansky, Managing Director of BELECTRIC Israel Ltd.

BELECTRIC is one of the world's leading EPC service providers in the development and construction of groundmounted solar power plants and rooftop PV systems. BELECTRIC has 20 years of experience in power plant construction and has built almost 4 gigawatts of capacity to date. Via its subsidiary BELECTRIC Israel Ltd. the company has already realized more than 30 solar projects in the country with a total capacity of around 500 MW. This includes Israel’s largest solar project with an installed capacity of 120 MW near the village of Zeélim, which can produce more than 220 gigawatt hours of green electricity per year.

Picture credit: EDF RE Israel

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BELECTRIC completes solar farms for Stadtwerke Tübingen

Press release from 21. יולי 2021

Solar farms in Herlheim (13 MW) and Neusitz (8 MW) fully online
BELECTRIC retains responsibility for operation and maintenance of photovoltaic panels

Tübingen/Kolitzheim (Germany) – BELECTRIC has completed two solar farms in Bavaria on time for Stadtwerke Tübingen. BELECTRIC developed and installed the solar farms in Herlheim and Neusitz, and will continue to operate them on behalf of the owner as the service provider. The green power produced by the two new solar assets will be sufficient to supply the equivalent of around 5,750 four-person households with climate-friendly electricity.

Ortwin Wiebecke, CEO of Stadtwerke Tübingen (swt), comments: “The completion date was very important for us for the Herlheim project in particular, where we market the electricity ourselves in the form of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). Close and very good coordination with BELECTRIC enabled us to achieve the ideal timetable. That’s why we are very happy they were completed on time.”

Ingo Alphéus, CEO of BELECTRIC Solar & Battery GmbH, adds: “Because of Covid-19 it was not a given that we would be able to get both solar farms online on time. In times like this, ensuring that materials and components such as inverters and modules reached the site quickly enough was the greatest challenge.”

For the Herlheim solar farm, BELECTRIC installed more than 31,700 solar modules near the Bavarian town of Kolitzheim. With a peak capacity of around 13,000 kilowatts (kWp), it has the highest output of any solar farm within the swt portfolio and is one of the largest in the region. Its annual yield of renewable solar power is around
14.4 gigawatt hours (GWh). The second solar farm, in Neusitz in the rural district of Ansbach, has a total capacity of more than 7,700 kWp, and an anticipated power yield of around 8.6 GWh per year. For both projects, an environmental plan was put in place for the conservation of local flora and fauna. Some examples of key elements of this plan are compensatory zones for animals like ground-nesting birds and the conversion of brownfield land into flower strips and biotope components. BELECTRIC is a long-standing partner to Stadtwerke Tübingen, for which it has already completed five other solar projects.

BELECTRIC builds one of the largest floating PV plants in Israel for EDF

Press release from 4. מאי 2021

Innovative solar project with an installed capacity of 19.3 megawatts peak will be finalized by the end of 2021
BELECTRIC also awarded as operation and maintenance service provider

Kolitzheim (Germany) / Be`er Sheva (Israel) – BELECTRIC, a German based company, is further increasing its footprint in Israel’s growing solar industry by building a floating PV project on behalf of EDF. BELECTRIC’s Israeli subsidiary will carry out the engineering, construction and commissioning work for the 19.3 MW plant, which is one of the largest plants of its kind in Israel, located in northern Israel on a water reservoir for fish farming pools near the Kibbutz Lohamei HaGeta'ot. Construction works are expected to start in early summer with commissioning planned to be reached by end of this year. BELECTRIC will also take on the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the floating solar project.

“Floating PV installations open up new opportunities for solar, especially in countries with high population density and competing uses for available land”, explains Ingo Alphéus, CEO of BELECTRIC Solar & Battery GmbH. “After our successful entry into this fast-growing market last year, we are pleased to have been awarded this benchmark project.” Each of the more than 47,700 PV modules will be individually mounted on a floating platform and connected to a rapid shut down device to increase electrical safety whilst operating the fishing ponds during the O&M phase. The PV system is connected to the mainland via floating marine grade power lines. The floating platform itself is held in place by an anchoring and mooring system with direct rammed piers as well as under water concrete blocks. The complex anchoring system was especially designed by BELECTRIC.

“This project, a first of many to come, allows us, in cooperation with BELECTRIC to implement many new technologies, design concepts and construction methods”, says Avner Arad, Deputy CEO of EDF Renewable Israel. “This will allow us to improve Floating PV competitiveness, which with its other benefits, has the potential to drastically expand Israel’s renewable energy landscape.”

“This is already our second floating PV project we are realizing for customers in Israel. The greatest advantage of floating solar is that it reduces land utilization and site preparation issues associated with traditional solar installations. An additional benefit is that the water cools the panels naturally, which should increase their efficiency”, adds Anna Velikansky, Managing Director of BELECTRIC Israel Ltd.

BELECTRIC is one of the world's leading EPC service providers in the development and construction of ground-mounted solar power plants and rooftop PV systems. BELECTRIC looks back on 20 years of experience in power plant construction and has built almost 4 gigawatts of capacity to date. Via its subsidiary BELECTRIC Israel Ltd. the company has already realized 34 solar projects in the country with a total capacity of around 500 MW. Among them Israel’s largest solar project to date. With an installed capacity of 120 MW the solar plant near the village of Zeélim produces more than 220 gigawatt hours of green electricity per year. The plant reached commercial operation Mid October 2019. The owner is Shikun & Binui Renewable Energy Ltd.

Picture: Floating PV plant in Israel from 2020

BELECTRIC completes solar farm at Vattenfall’s first green hybrid power plant in the Netherlands

Press release from 1. אפריל 2021

The Haringvliet Zuid energy park in the province of South Holland combines a large-scale solar farm (38 MW) with a wind farm and a battery storage system
BELECTRIC will also take on the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the solar projec

Kolitzheim (Germany) – BELECTRIC has completed a solar power system for Vattenfall’s first full hybrid power plant. The Haringvliet Zuid energy park consists of a wind farm (22 MW) and a battery storage system (12 MW), as well as a large-scale photovoltaic plant which was constructed and commissioned on schedule by the German solar specialist BELECTRIC. The solar farm alone covers an area of around 30 hectares and has an installed capacity of 38 MW. The hybrid power plant is designed to generate and store renewable energy and was built on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee in the province of South Holland, around 30 kilometres south west of Rotterdam. BELECTRIC will also take on the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the solar farm for an initial period of
two years.

“The hybrid power plant of our customer Vattenfall is a truly forward-thinking concept. That’s why we are particularly proud that we were part of this innovative project and have delivered the solar plant with an installed capacity of 38 MW on time and to a very high quality,” explains Ingo Alphéus, CEO of BELECTRIC Solar & Battery GmbH. “By the end of 2021 we will have installed more than 160 MW of solar capacity in the Netherlands, making us one of the country’s leading players in the sector.”

Paolo Pimentel, Director Project Delivery at Vattenfall, says: “Haringvliet is our biggest solar plant so far and the first hybrid one. This successful combination of solar, wind and batteries represents the joint efforts of a purpose-driven team that worked hard during a turbulent year hampered by COVID 19 restrictions. This is an awesome milestone for Vattenfall and an important step towards our ambition of fossil free living within one generation. We celebrate the resilience of our team members and recognize all the stakeholders involved in this project, especially our selected EPC partner BELECTRIC.”

The solar farm completed by BELECTRIC complements the power generation profile of the wind farm. They are combined with a battery storage system which results in a utility-scale green power plant – which will play an important role in helping stabilise the power grid. Building a hybrid project has significantly higher demands than a ’stand-alone‘ solar power plant – not only in terms of coordinating planning and construction so that the solar power plant, the wind farm and battery storage system can be delivered in parallel, but also in terms of the project-specific functionality of its SCADA system. BELECTRIC, with its customer Vattenfall, developed and successfully implemented optimised solutions for monitoring and controlling the solar park, which take into account market price developments, weather forecasts and power grid requirements.

BELECTRIC is one of the world's leading EPC (engineering-procurement-construction) service providers in the development and construction of ground-mounted solar power plants and rooftop PV systems. BELECTRIC looks back on 20 years of experience in power plant construction and has built almost 4 gigawatts of capacity to date. The company monitors more than 530 solar farms with a total installed capacity of more than 2.7 gigawatts worldwide, making BELECTRIC one of the top five O&M service providers in the world.

BELECTRIC appointed as EPC contractor for large-scale solar project in India

Press release from 13. מרץ 2021

Agreement signed with Cleantech Solar for a PV project with a total capacity of over 100 MW
Project will be delivered in three construction phases: The first phase of close to 50% of total capacity is already under construction. The entire solar farm is expected to be built within this year.

Kolitzheim (Germany) / Mumbai (India) – BELECTRIC, a Germany-based company, is further increasing its footprint in India’s ever-growing solar industry: the company has been appointed as the EPC (engineering-procurement-construction) service provider for a large-scale solar project by Cleantech Solar, a leading developer, owner, and operator of Commercial and Industrial solar energy systems in Southeast Asia and India.The photovoltaic (PV) project will have a total capacity of over 100 megawatt (MW) and will be delivered in three construction phases: the first phase of close to 50 MW is already under construction. The entire solar farm is expected to be built within this year.

“We are very pleased that our strong growth path in one of the leading PV markets is based on long-term partnerships with key account customers like Cleantech Solar, who value our focus on quality in engineering, project management and HSE,” explains Ingo Alphéus, CEO of BELECTRIC Solar & Battery GmbH.
BELECTRIC has been working closely with Cleantech Solar for the past few years and this is the eighth project on which both companies are working together. Other projects include two PV rooftop projects which rank with a combined capacity of 26 MW amongst Asia’s largest rooftop installations.

Cleantech Solar’s Founder and Executive Chairman, Mr. Raju Shukla, said: “We are pleased to be building on BELECTRIC’s experience as one of the most established EPCs in India. Together, we strive to provide the highest quality plants with stringent Health, Safety and Environment standards. We continue to deliver the best value to our customers in meeting their carbon reduction goals whilst achieving maximum savings on power costs.”
Jitendra Singh, CEO and Managing Director of BELECTRIC Photovoltaic India Pvt. Ltd, adds: “We at BELECTRIC India like to put in a lot of effort into building trust with our customers, and this eighth project for one of our most important customers in India, is a perfect testimony to our way of working. We are looking forward to further strengthening our collaboration with the realisation of this large-scale solar plant.”

BELECTRIC is one of the world's leading EPC service providers in the development and construction of ground-mounted solar power plants and rooftop PV systems. BELECTRIC has 20 years of experience in power plant construction and to date has built almost 4 gigawatts (GW) of capacity worldwide. Its Indian subsidiary, BELECTRIC Photovoltaic India Pvt. Ltd., is one of the most established EPCs in the country. Since 2009, the company has been involved in solar projects in India with an installed capacity that is on track to reach 1.2 GWp by the end of March 2021. Last year, BELECTRIC delivered a 250 MW-AC solar plant for its customer Fortum on time and to a high quality. This project in Karnataka is the largest capacity installation BELECTRIC has carried out in India so far. After the successful delivery of the project, the company is now operating the solar plant on behalf of the owner. Another project of this size is also under construction for Fortum in Rajasthan and is scheduled to be fully grid connected in the second quarter of 2021.

BELECTRIC wins contract to construct three solar farms in the Netherlands

Press release from 17. פברואר 2021

Agreement for solar projects with total installed capacity of 57 MW signed with Kronos solar
Solar farms “Hof van Twente” (9 MWp) and “Hoogeveen” (24 MWp) commissioned on schedule
By the end of 2021, BELECTRIC will have implemented more than 160 MW of solar capacity and thus be one of the leading PV plant manufacturers and operators in the Dutch market

Kolitzheim (Germany) – The German solar power specialist BELECTRIC continues to expand its presence in the Dutch solar market: After the “Hof van Twente” (more than 9 MW) and “Hoogeveen” solar farms (approx. 24 MW) were commissioned on schedule last year, BELECTRIC has now secured the next large contract in the Netherlands. As EPC (engineering-procurement-construction) service provider, the solar specialists are building three PV plants with a total installed capacity of 57 megawatts (MW) on behalf of Kronos Solar.

Together, the plants comprise 126,700 solar modules and will be built in the provinces of Overijssel and Gelderland. The projects will be completed and on generating before the end of this year. Once fully operational, they will produce enough green electricity to supply the equivalent of 18,000 homes with green energy. BELECTRIC will also act as operations & maintenance (O&M) service provider for Kronos Solar.

“We are delighted that Kronos Solar is once again using our services as part of their growth strategy for the Netherlands and has contracted us to build and operate three further plants”, explains Ingo Alphéus, CEO, BELECTRIC Solar & Battery GmbH. “By the end of 2021 we will have installed more than 160 MW of solar capacity in the Netherlands, making us one of the country’s leading players in the sector.”

"BELECTRIC's reliability and quality is a great help to us in managing our company's growth. In particular, BELECTRIC's ability to support us in all countries and across all voltage levels and varying project sizes. This is extremely important to us, especially with our project pipeline of over two gigawatts," adds Dr Alexander Arcache, CEO of Kronos Solar Projects GmbH.

In addition to the projects for Kronos Solar, BELECTRIC is currently finalising a solar project with an installed capacity of 38 MW for Vattenfall Duurzame Energie N.V.'s “Haringvliet Zuid” energy park southwest of Rotterdam. This hybrid system comprises a 22-MW wind farm, a 12-MW battery storage system as well as the ground-mounted photovoltaic plant that is being realised by BELECTRIC. For this solar plant, the German company will also act as operations and maintenance service provider.

BELECTRIC expands 20 MW U.S. O&M with sPower and Madison Energy Partnership

Press release from 21. פברואר 2020

BELECTRIC expands O&M service contracts in Indiana, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland and California
Around 1.7 GW globally under BELECTRIC Operations & Maintenance management

Kolitzheim (Germany), San Mateo (California, USA) – BELECTRIC expands its Operations & Maintenance (O&M) business in the US: The company has been awarded as the long-term service provider for a combination of preventive and corrective maintenance of solar plants with a total capacity of more than 20 MWp. As of October 2019, BELECTRIC has entered into a ten years O&M partnership with sPower for a 14.4 MW portfolio. The in total 15 projects are located in Indiana, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. In addition, BELECTRIC was awarded by Madison Energy to operate and maintain two of their PV plants (together 5.8 MW) in Maryland and California.

“We are pleased that these long-term contracts are enabling us to expand O&M services within our core markets”, explains Matthew Lusk, BELECTRIC’s Director of Business Development and Operations in the US. “Including these plants, we are operating and maintaining a solar portfolio with an installed capacity of approx. 160 MWp in the US.”

Globally BELECTRIC’s O&M teams are managing around 1.7 Gigawatt. This outstanding reputation in delivering quality service played a key role in their successful bid for this O&M contracts, which include semi-annual preventive and corrective maintenance.

BELECTRIC is one of the largest Operations & Maintenance providers worldwide
BELECTRIC’s core business is the design and construction of solar powered energy facilities and large-scale battery storage systems for the international power utility market and independent power plant operators. In operating these facilities, the company targets lowest cost of energy at best possible ecological balance. As a natural extension of this business, BELECTRIC focusses on reducing operating costs to its full range of Solar Maintenance, Repair and Operation services.

About Madison Energy Investments:
Madison Energy Investments is a platform that develops, owns and operates distributed generation projects within the commercial and industrial (C&I) and small utility-scale sectors. Madison Energy brings a variety of expertise in business development, finance, construction, and operations. The team’s combined industry experience of over 50 years has produced best practices in project development, construction, financing and a comfort level with a variety of technologies, engineering solutions, financing structures, state markets and incentives, utility programs, tariff structures, and asset management. Most importantly, the experience has allowed the team to develop first class relationships with experienced, local partners in dozens of markets throughout the United States.

About sPower:
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, sPower is a leading independent power producer (IPP) that owns and operates more than 155 renewable generation systems across the U.S. sPower has a leading wind, solar and storage portfolio of more than 1.6 GW, with 15.0 GW of projects under development and is owned by a joint venture partnership between The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES), a worldwide energy company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, and the Alberta Investment Management Corporation, one of Canada’s largest and most diversified institutional investment fund managers. sPower provides renewable energy for a sustainable future.
For more information, visit www.spower.com.

BELECTRIC and Solel Boneh complete Israel’s largest solar plant

Press release from 18. נובמבר 2019

Solar power farm with a capacity of 120MWp
Additional service contract signed for operation and maintenance

Kolitzheim, Germany / Be`er Sheva (Israel) – BELECTRIC together with the EPC Division of Solel Boneh have completed Israel’s largest solar project. With an installed capacity of 120 MWp the solar plant will produce more than 220 gigawatt hours of green electricity per year. BELECTRIC, in cooperation with Solel Boneh Ltd. through an integrated EPC Joint Venture, has provided a turnkey system for the large-scale PV plant, which was built near the village of Zeélim. The plant reached commercial operation Mid October. The owner is Shikun & Binui Renewable Energy Ltd., which is the renewable arm of Israel’s biggest infrastructure and real estate group Shikun & Binui.

“As Israel’s largest solar plant, this project marks an important step to help reach the government target to generate ten percent of its electricity by renewable sources”, explains Ingo Alphéus, CEO of BELECTRIC Solar & Battery GmbH. “We are particularly proud to have completed this large-scale project not only on time and quality but also in accordance with our high European health and safety standards.”

Except for Zeélim solar farm, BELECTRIC has already realized 24 solar projects in Israel with a total capacity of roughly 270 MW since 2013.

"After the successful execution of the construction and commissioning phase we are now looking forward to operating the Zeélim solar plant", adds Anna Velikansky, Managing Director of BELECTRIC Israel Ltd. "I would like to thank the owner, Shikun & Binui, for their trust in our PV products and services.”

The Zeélim project was constructed by the Israeli subsidiary BELECTRIC Israel through an integrated EPC Joint Venture with the EPC Division of Solel Boneh, the oldest, and one of the largest construction and civil engineering companies in Israel. In addition, BELECTRIC Israel in cooperation with Solel Boneh through an integrated EPC Joint Venture has been appointed as a service provider for the operation and maintenance of the utility scale PV plant. The long-term service contract includes remote power plant monitoring, regular inspections and on-site support in the event of a fault. During the first operation years, the O&M contract will be subcontracted to the owner, Shikun & Binui. BELECTRIC is one of the largest Operations & Maintenance providers worldwide, managing a portfolio of approx. 1.7 GWp of installed utility scale PV solar plants and Battery storage systems worldwide.