IBC SOLAR connects 96 MWp of Hungarian solar for MET Group

German contractor IBC SOLAR Energy has finalised two solar power projects with a combined capacity of 96 MWp in Hungary and connected the plants to the grid, the firm said on Thursday.

The 51-MWp Gerjen and the 45-MWp Sojtor projects were designed and built for delivery to Switzerland-based energy company MET Group. The agreement was that IBC SOLAR should hand over the solar farms at ready-to-use stage.

The German firm provided engineering, procurement and construction services for this assignment. It said that 180,000 solar modules had been used for the projects, which covered an area totalling 170 hectares (420.1 acres) in two different municipalities.

The solar farms were connected to the Hungarian power grid via newly built substations and commissioned in several phases in January 2023.

Gerjen and Sojtor are the second and the third solar projects that IBC SOLAR executed in Hungary for the Swiss investor.

Balazs Lehocz, Executive Chairman, Green Assets Division at MET Group, said that MET aims to have a portfolio of 2,000 MW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2026.

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