Many sports arenas offer an ideal location for PV installations: their large, otherwise redundant roof areas tend to be wholly, or to a large extent, free from shade and they are generally inaccessible to unauthorised personnel so risk of theft or damage is low. They can also present an excellent marketing opportunity for the technology itself as well as for the system owners and associated groups.
The owner of the PV plant is ADEV Solarstrom AG, a company with 500 shareholders that invests in cost-recoverable PV installations. ADEV rents the roof space from the stadium owners.
The installation is the result of an annual request for proposals issued by the local utility, Industrielle Werke Basel (IWB). Under Basel canton law, IWB offers a subsidy of about 40%, plus a feed-in tariff of CHF 0,70/kWh (0,40 USD/kWh) fixed for 20 years funded through the Solar Stock Exchange (see PV Power #12).
Installed on the inclined south-facing roof covering the north stands, the PV array is visible from the executive boxes in the opposite stands. Even if their team doesn’t win, the fans have something to celebrate.
Contact:
- Eric Nussbaumer, ADEV
Fax: +41 (61) 922 08 31
| • | Location: Basel, Switzerland |
| • | Installed: October 2001 |
| • | Modules: 1 258 x Kyocera K120 Multi-crystalline silicon |
| • | Inverters: Inverters: 5 x Sputnik SolarMax 30+ |
| • | Mounting: Energiebüro Zürich |
| • | Generation capacity: 150 kWp |
| • | Annual electricity production: 130000 kWh – more than is required to illuminate all matches during the year |
| • | Other: PV System is visible from the executive boxes |
| • | Annual electricity production: 61 500 kWh |
| • | Information: Eric Nussbaumer, ADEV, Fax: +41 (61) 922 08 31 |