IBC Solar starts work on Hungary’s largest PV plant

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  The 30-hectare slag heap of the country's largest coal-fired power plant Matrai Erömü will be covered with 72,480 solar modules in a few weeks. Image: IBC Solar

German firm IBC Solar has started working on what is expected to be the biggest solar plant in Hungary with a nameplate capacity of 18.5MWp.

The 30-hectare slag heap of the country's largest coal-fired power plant Matrai Erömü will be covered with 72,480 solar modules within a few weeks, said an IBC statement.

The plant will be able to supply electricity to around 1,000 households per year.

IBC solar, along with Romania’s EnergoBit Group and Hungarian company Wire-Vill Energetics, are responsible for the development, procurement and construction of the plant.

A six-week test operation of the plant will begin in August 2015

In January, the Hungarian government imposed an import tax on solar panels claiming the move is necessary on environmental grounds in a move that was condemned by the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA).