On July 19, DBR as the client and SEG as the future operator were able to commission the 3.5 MW PV plant on the recultivated landfill section of DBR in Großmehring.
The punctual inauguration was celebrated together with the general contractor, the planners, the mayor of Großmehring and the investors. This is also remarkable because only 12 months passed between the official launch of the project and its commissioning.
In these 12 months, the plans were drawn up, a technology was found for mounting on a recultivated landfill site, a supplier was found and commissioned, transformers were ordered on time, approval was applied for and construction was started and completed within 3 months.
Many unplanned challenges had to be overcome, including objections from nature conservation representatives, a module height that was too low and supply bottlenecks for transformers. Last but not least, the energy crisis had an unexpectedly strong impact on the project. On the one hand, energy revenues increased and ensured secure refinancing, while on the other hand, interest rates for loans rose extremely sharply, so that in the end, a precise recalculation was necessary.
With the PV system on a landfill site, the BÜCHL Group has once again shown the courage to break new ground. Although it makes perfect sense to use otherwise unusable landfill areas for PV systems, anchoring them in the ground of a landfill is still a major technical and legal challenge. In this respect, this plant should also serve as a model for Bavaria and beyond. This was also emphasized by the supplier and installer, PFALZSOLAR GmbH from Ludwigshafen.
While DBR was responsible for the approval of the plant and will continue to carry out regular inspections in the future, the newly founded SEG Solarenergie Großmehring GmbH & Co. KG is responsible for the operation and sale of the electricity. The majority shareholder of SEG is the BÜCHL Group, with experienced investors from Nuremberg and the Ernhofer family as minority shareholders.
The BÜCHL Group has thus launched another PV project, after BioIN in 2021, and reached another important milestone in the BÜCHL climate strategy.
Milestone in the BÜCHL climate strategy “Cero2Waste”
The “Cero2Waste” climate strategy was adopted at the end of 2022 with the aim of achievingCO2-neutral disposal processes, among other things. The BÜCHL climate strategy is based on three pillars:
- Avoidance and reduction ofCO2 emissions
- Generation of renewable energies
- Climate protection through recycling and material cycles
With Solar Energy Großmehring, we generate renewable andCO2-neutral electricity that avoids climate-damaging emissions.
Generation of renewable energy: a division of the BÜCHL Group
Solving the energy issue is one of the most important tasks for the economy and society. Energy generation from renewable sources makes ecological and economic sense and fits perfectly into the BÜCHL group of companies. In the meantime, the generation of renewable energies has developed into a business division of the group. With SEG, BioIN and the GEOS project, the BÜCHL Group is already very well positioned in this area. In addition, the PV systems on the company buildings at the company headquarters have been expanded in recent months.
