One of the largest agri-PV projects in Europe is being built in Burgenland.
EWS has been commissioned by BE Energy GmbH, a Burgenland Energie company, to realise an initial 118 MWp of Agri-PV over the next few months. Due to the size of the plant, which covers a total area of around 180 hectares, construction will take place in several stages. Work started in Tadten and is scheduled for completion by the end of the year.
The Agri-PV plant with piles driven into the ground, on which the trackers are mounted, will have a row spacing suitable for agricultural use. The grid connection will be made via the existing wind farm grid or at the Andau substation and, as a hybrid farm, will not require any additional upstream grid expansion.
EWS sevices
"As an Agri-PV pioneer in Austria and developer of EWS Sonnenfeld®, we are delighted to be able to contribute our expertise to the Burgenland energy supplier. The experience we have already gained from the EWS Sonnenfeld Bruck/Leitha (in operation since 2022) and EWS Sonnenfeld Pellendorf (in operation and connected to the grid as a hybrid park with 4 wind turbines since 2023) projects we have implemented will also be incorporated into the construction of the Tadten-Wallern agrivoltaic plant," says Markus Bernardi, EWS Head of Construction Management and Site Manager of the EWS Competence Centre for Wind Energy & Agrivoltaics in Parndorf.
The EWS team is responsible for the detailed planning, the awarding of construction contracts, the cabling and grid connection, the coordination and interface for further work, the local construction supervision, the planning and construction site coordination as well as for the collauding and as-built documentation for one of the largest Agri-PV projects in Europe.
Esterhazy organic farm relies on Agri-PV
The Esterhazy family is the landowner of the Tadten-Wallern Agri-PV plant. Around 5,600 hectares of the Esterhazy estate are used for agricultural purposes by Pannatura GmbH as a lead organic farm.
Agri-photovoltaics fits perfectly into the organic farming concept. The dual utilisation for the simultaneous generation of renewable electricity and agricultural use offers multiple and new possibilities in agricultural cultivation. Many crops benefit from the microclimate between the panels in dry years. Intelligent water-saving irrigation systems can easily be established along the rows of modules.
Over the next few years, the Tadten-Wallern Agri-PV plant will be focussing primarily on crops that have proven themselves in the location, such as organic chickpeas.
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