Uniper SE announced five solar projects totaling 233 MWp in Germany, Hungary, and the UK. In Germany, it will build a 17 MWp solar park on a former coal plant’s ash landfill in Wilhelmshaven. Generating 17,000 MWh annually, it can power 4,500 homes. The 14-hectare site will feature 28,500 solar modules with specialized anchoring systems.
Uniper’s renewables chief, Jörg Lennertz, highlighted the transformation of the former Wilhelmshaven coal plant’s ash landfill into a renewable energy source.The PV Park Voslapper Groden, along with a planned electrolysis plant, hydrogen import terminal, and visitor center, forms a key part of the Green Wilhelmshaven project—aimed at becoming a European hydrogen hub.
The project includes a 1-gigawatt electrolyzer powered by offshore wind.Construction, to be handled by Greening Group, is set for completion in the first half of 2026.Uniper will build two solar farms in Hungary: a 90 MWp plant in Tét and a 61 MWp plant in Dunaföldvár, with a combined capacity to power 92,000 homes. The Dunaföldvár project is set to go online in 2026, while Tét will start operations in 2027.
EXTOR Energy Zrt. will construct the plants, with Maxicontech Kft. and Spie Hungaria Kft. managing grid connections. Uniper stated that the projects align with Hungary’s sustainability goals and support the regional energy transition.Uniper will build two UK solar farms: Tamworth (44.2 MWp) and Totmonslow (21.33 MWp), with a combined 65 MWp capacity to power 23,300 homes.
Approved in 2023, they aim for grid connection in 2025. Tamworth secured a contract for difference in August 2024.Uniper plans renewable projects near its UK power stations, focusing on solar, wind, and battery storage. The five projects align with its €8 billion growth investment by the early 2030s.
