Triodos Renewables Europe Fund and Sunvest partner in 112 MW solar project in Midden-Groningen

Sunvest and Triodos Renewables Europe Fund have agreed to jointly develop and build two large solar parks in the municipality of Midden-Groningen. The solar parks are close to each other and together, with a total capacity of 112 MWp. The development of both solar parks started several years ago but the parks will be built separately.

In May 2020, the financing for the Energiepark Duurkenakker (64MWp) project has been completed. The solar park is located in the Tussenklappenpolder near Muntendam, will be approximately 44 ha (88 football fields), and will consist of more than 160,000 solar panels. The park will provide enough power for 20,000 households. The project is financed by Commerzbank and Goldbeck Solar will build it. Construction will take approximately six months and the project will supply first power to the grid in October / November this year. The project was developed by Sunvest and Solar Proactive. Triodos Renewables Europe Fund recently joined as a financial partner. Sunvest and Triodos Renewables Europe Fund will build and operate the project together.

At the end of 2019, Sunvest and Triodos Renewables Europe Fund also took over the Zuidbroek solar project from developer Van der Valk International. Zuidbroek Energie (48 MWp) is 39 ha in size and will contain approximately 120,000 solar panels. The generation capacity of the park equals the electricity consumption of 15,000 households. Zuidbroek Energie is located along with the A7 and next to the Van der Valk hotel Zuidbroek. Zuidbroek Energie is expected to be built in 2021/2022 as additional grid capacity must first be built in the substation at Meeden.