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The Plant
The Kourtesi Solar Farm, Greece
Construction work was completed in February 2011 at the Kourtesi solar power plant in Ilia, in the western Peloponnese peninsula.
Technology
Photovoltaic
Status
In operation
Capacity
4.99 MW
Energy production
7.72 GWh annually
CO₂ emissions avoided
4,500 tons annually
Electricity equivalent
818 households annually
Timeline
Milestones
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Community impact
A sustainable strategy for grass management.
The practice refers to the optimization of operating costs and production efficiency, and the reduction of the negative environmental impact. This is thanks to weed management at the solar farm through the use of the sheep.
The PV plant was built in an area where weed growth is a continuous process that has to be managed by the O&M team.
The main advantages of weed management are: reducing the damage to PV panels, reducing operating costs and avoiding production losses. Furthermore, dirt pollution, both in the case of the panels and other equipment, is reduced to a minimum. This is because the mechanical cutting of the weeds, which creates dust, is no longer necessary.