Parabel to install 6MW rooftop portfolio in northeast Germany

July 26, 2011
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Over the next few months Parabel is planning to install PV rooftop systems with a combined capacity of around 6MW in the German states of Brandenburg and Saxony.

The first project in this new portfolio is now being built in the Elbe-Elster region near the town of Herzberg, while preparation work on the other systems is also nearing completion. Around 26,000 polycrystalline modules will used across the 11 sites and each system will have a capacity between 250kW and 1.4MW.

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The portfolio is the latest phase in Parabel’s roof refurbishment scheme; since 2009 the company has installed 11MW of solar paneling on asbestos roofs at former agricultural production cooperatives.

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