Reshare Database

Welcome to the trial version of the Reshare database. We aim to give a comprehensive overview of the best practices within the union by introducing a selection of successful projects. Use the selection criteria on the left hand side to have easy access to specific information of interest. As this is a trial version, we are open to feedback of any kind. Furthermore, please do not hesitate to suggest interesting projects to us by using the button below.

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Eastgate Renewable Energy Village
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Using solar, wind, hydro and biomass sources to generate electricity, the community surrounding the area can reap the benefits of increased employment and tourism as well as low cost and sustainable energy. The project is now in the ...

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Svartsengi
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The Svartsengi power plant is the first geothermal power plant in the world to combine generation of electricity and production of hot water for district heating. Since the first phase of the power plant in 1976-1978, the capacity has ...

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Cruach Mhor
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Cruach Mhor windfarm near Glendaruel in Argyll and Bute, Scotland comprises 35 wind turbines with a generation of around 30MW. Each turbine has a maximum height of 72m and all were manufactured locally by Vestas Celtic at its factory at ...

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Altahullion Wind Farm (I and II)
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Altahullion is one of the largest wind farms in the UK, with a total of 19 turbines generating enough electricity for 20.000 homes. The project developer, Renewable Energy Systems, is a large global player in the development of large wind ...

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Varese Ligure Sustainable Community
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The four windturbines of the Varese Ligure wind farm were the first installation in the Liguria Region and are amongst the first in Italy. Future plans involve the installation of two additional turbines in order to increase the ...

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Amareleja - the world's biggest photovoltaic power plant
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In Amareleja, in the interior region of Portugal which largest town is Moura, has been built by ACCIONA the largest solar photovoltaic plant in the world, with a 46MW peak and 10MW average with 93 KW-h per year. The site occupies ...

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Samsø renewable energy island
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In 1997 the Danish Ministry of Energy arranged a competition among Danish islands to become 100% self-sufficient in energy based on renewables. The proposal from the Samsø island was assessed to be the most feasible and realistic. The ...

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Le Haut-des-Ailes
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The project consists of 22 wind turbines erected in the Lorraine region. Each turbine has a capacity of 2MW amounting to a total capacity of 44MW. The farm is one of the largest in France and impacts 50 communities, directly or indirectly.

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Bouin
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The Bouin wind farm consists of 8 wind turbines with two different owners. Three turbines of 2,5MW are owned by the Régie d'Electricité de Vendée, while 5 turbines with a capacity of 2,4MW are owned by SIIF, a subsidiary of EDF Energies ...

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Evolis I
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The city of Kortrijk initiated the Evolis business park with the goal of creating a sustainable innovative park and attract high level employment to the region. In order to create an energy neutral business park and provide renewable ...

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Texel Energy
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Texel Energy is a small scale energy company which supplies energy originating from renewable energy sources to consumers on the island of Texel, as well as to those in the rest of the country. The company started out with supplying the ...

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Lake Ostrowo Wind Farm
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By summer 2007 the Lake Ostrowo wind farm at Wolin in Zachodniopomorskie Province in northern Poland went into commercial operation. The wind farm consists of 17, 1.8 MW Vestas V90 wind turbines, yielding a total, nominal generating ...

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Estinnes
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The project consists of a pilot project to demonstrate the feasibility of the new class of "mega-turbine'. Specifically it is designed to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of the new 7MW turbine class which has the potential to ...

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Hydro Projects - Local ownership improvement programs
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EDP -Energias de Portugal- is developing a new approach directed to increase the community acceptance of large Hydro Projects. The methodology aims to initiate an open dialogue during the entire project in order to understand the local ...

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PV Soundless
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In 2001 a grid-connected photovoltaic sound barrier was constructed at Freising. At the time of construction this PV sound barrier was the highest yielding sound barrier of the world with a total capacity of 718 kW.

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Solar Park Rothenburg
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A grid-connected 20,6 MW PV system was installed on the former airport area. It is one of the largest solar photovoltaic systems installed in Germany and has a surface of approximately 68 ha (the area required is around 2,9 ha per MW). The ...

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Surano Nursery School
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The projects entails a photovoltaic system with a capacity of 819 kWp. The panels used are Suntech model stp230/20wd and have a capacity of 230 watt. The support structures are made of galvanized steel embedded in the ground directly ...

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Barba (Lecce) PV power plant
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This project entails a photovoltaic plant of 999 Kwp power, which has been built on a marginal land of 3 hectares that was not used for agriculture for more than 20 years. Each crystalline silicon module is Suntech model stp230/20wd with a ...

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