BayWa sells five wind farms to Encavis

BayWa r.e. has completed the sale of its five wind farms to Encavis Infrastructure Fund II, a fund managed by Encavis Asset Management AG (Encavis AM).

The projects involved are the:

• Barth III with an output of 9.9 MWp commissioned in February 2017
• Barth IV with an output of 9.2 MWp commissioned in September 2019
• Barth V with an output of 8.8 MWp commissioned in October 2019
• Barth VI with an output of 0.75 MWp commissioned in September 2019
• Seifertshofen with an output of 6.5 MWp commissioned in August 2019 

The Barth III-VI projects on the premises of the Stralsund-Barth Airport and the Seifertshofen solar park between Ulm and Augsburg have a total capacity of around 35 MWp. With the exception of Barth V, all the projects are in receipt of a subsidy from the German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG). Barth V, on the other hand, generates 8.8 MW without any subsidy and is consequently one of the first solar parks in Germany outside the scope of the EEG.

BayWa r.e. put the Barth V solar park into operation in October. With a total output of 8.8 MWp, this plant is currently the largest solar park in Germany to work without any subsidies. The generated electricity will be marketed through a five-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the in-house BayWa r.e. Clean Energy Sourcing GmbH (CLENS) energy trading subsidiary.