Solar plant investment attracts a lot of interest
The Frauenfeld energy supplier Thurplus has been able to sell all shares in a planned solar plant within a month. The plant on the roof of Keller-Stahl AG is to generate 140,000 kilowatt hours of electricity. Thurplus now wants to develop further opportunities for participation.
The population of Frauenfeld is showing great interest in participating in large solar power plants. According to the municipal energy supplier Thurplus , it was able to sell all shares in a new photovoltaic plant planned for the roof of Keller-Stahl AG within just over a month.
The plant consists of 300 modules on an area of 700 square metres. It has a capacity of 140 kilowatts/peak and is expected to generate 140,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year. Two years ago, a similar plant was built on the roof of Keller-Stahl, which was also financed by private investors.
The new plant is Thurplus‘ seventh investment plant. These have a total area of 3500 square metres and a capacity of 690 kilowatt/peak. Thurplus customers can participate in solar power plants for as little as 300 Swiss francs. In return, they receive 100 kilowatt hours of electricity per square metre of solar area per year for 20 years.
Thurplus CEO Reto Lüthy sees the active participation of the city’s residents as confirmation of the company’s strategy. “For them, we are the key player in achieving the local energy turnaround,” he is quoted as saying in the press release. Thurplus is now looking for other solar projects that can be realised through the participation model.