Construction of the 101 MWp Stadskanaal Solar Park near Stadskanaal has started in February 2020, and the first panels have been recently installed. The solar park will be connected to TenneT’s high voltage grid network at Meeden and is scheduled to commence full operations in November 2020. In parallel, Chint has started construction of the Buinerveen Solar Park in May 2020. The 45 MWp Buinerveen Solar Park will connect to Stadskanaal Solar Park and is also scheduled to commence full operations in November 2020.
Chint Solar will install approximately 245,000 solar panels on 83 hectares of land at Stadskanaal and approximately 110,000 solar panels on 40 hectares of land at Buinerveen. The solar parks will combined supply at least 45,000 households with renewable electricity.