70 percent of this proof of concept project has been set up and operated by DEGERenergies partner OÜ Energy Smart and has been funded by the Estonian government. With more than 49,000 systems installed in 49 countries, DEGERenergie is the global market leader for solar tracking systems.
In the Energy Smart solar park in Võru (Southern Estonia), close to the Latvian border, eleven 9000 NT DEGERtraker systems are already installed. Each system is designed for a power of 9.000 watts peak, the solar park will thus have a total capacity of about 100 kilowatts peak.
Viido Polikarpus, director of Energy Smart: We intend to show our countrys farmers how they can generate solar energy into the public grid instead of waiting for European agricultural subsidies, which have a dubious future anyway. Furthermore, we believe our long sub-arctic summer days are perfect for the generation from 300 degree tracked solar energy throughout the day. This is only possible with DEGERenergie tracking technology.
With the success of our pilot project, Energy Smart managing partner Viido Polikarpus is convinced Estonian farmers can even generate clean energy for Latvia during the summer months. Our neighbour to the south gets the largest share of their energy from their own hydroelectric power plants which are lowest during the summer and are forced to supply their base load from the Russian grid. Within the scope of the EU program for cross-border energy supply, we in Estonia will have the opportunity to help Latvia become less dependent on Russian energy supply.
MLD tracking for optimum yield
The Energy Smart solar park will go operational in just a few weeks. Because Energy Smart is 70 percent Estonian government funded, high-ranking representatives from politics and business are expected to grace the opening ceremony. Among others, the operator is hoping president Toomas Hendrik Ilves will attend as well as the ambassadors from Latvia and Lithuania. In addition several of our EU parliamentarians, government parliamentarians and government ministers are also expected to attend.
Energy Smart has made it their objective to firmly establish solar energy in the Baltic states on a broad basis. In this quest, the company counts on DEGERenergie MLD technology. Especially in Nordic countries with a low altitude of the sun and long days, MLD tracking is the best technology to achieve the maximum yield of energy generated from the sun, says Viido Polikarpus. Energy Smart has already ordered additional DEGERtraker systems.
DEGERenergie is the global market leader for solar tracking systems. Worldwide, more than 49,000 DEGERenergie systems are installed in 49 countries. The company is represented in Spain, Greece and North America with its own subsidiaries and cooperates with local distribution and service partners in many countries worldwide. The patented DEGERenergie Maximum Light Detection (MLD) technology makes it possible to improve the energy yield of solar power plants by an average of 45 percent compared to fixed systems.
