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05/29/2024 | Campus-Meldung

Photovoltaic system on the Campus Center in operation

Now that bureaucratic hurdles have been cleared, the photovoltaic system on the roof of the Campus Center at the University of Kassel has been put into operation. The university intends to invest the electricity costs saved in further PV systems and other energy efficiency measures.

The solar system on the roof of the Campus Center.

Until now, it had not been possible for the University of Kassel to actually generate electricity with the completed solar system. This is because in order to feed electricity into the public grid or to use it itself, a system certificate costing around €10,000 would have had to be issued. Chancellor Dr. Oliver Fromm gave an interview on this topic for the ARD format Plusminus at the beginning of the year.

To the report on the first channel from 21.02.2024: https: //www.ardmediathek.de/video/plusminus/energiewende-warum-der-staat-selbst-kein-vorbild-ist/das-erste/Y3JpZDovL2Rhc2Vyc3RlLmRlL3BsdXNtaW51cy9kNjRhYTdjMC0wNmIwLTRhNjktOWQ5NC1hMDM2OTNjYjFiMDc

At the beginning of May, the "Solar Package 1" was passed by the Bundestag and Bundesrat, which increased the limit for the obligation to obtain the additional system certificate from 135 to 500 kWp ("kilowatt peak"). Thanks to this increase, the total output of the PV systems at Kassel University's South Campus is now below the threshold value. The electricity generated by the newly commissioned system is used exclusively for the university's own needs and is not fed into the municipal grid. The system on the Campus Center has a total output of 61.4 kWp and generates around 55,000 kWh of electricity per year.

"As a university, we want to set an example in the area of energy transition. It is therefore very good news that there are now no more bureaucratic hurdles in the way of commissioning the ready-to-use solar system on the Campus Center and that we can now draw electricity from it for our own use," emphasizes Chancellor Dr. Oliver Fromm.

As part of the systems currently being installed by the cdw Foundation (WISO A - C and library), the University of Kassel will increase the electricity production of the entire university facilities by almost 40% in the period 2024/2025, adding almost 200 kWp of installed capacity.