Photovoltaic

The university already operates several PV systems on roof spaces, with the use of further roof spaces being already in planning. An overview of existing PV systems can be found here.
These cover approximately 0.3 % of the electricity demand of the university with UMG. The installation of additional PV systems on potentially suitable roof surfaces could contribute between 1.5 and 4 % of the university's electricity demands. Furthermore, smaller open spaces are being examined, such as the roofing of parking lots with so-called solar carports.

Together with several partners, the university is planning a ground-mounted plant with a size of about 20 ha, which could possibly cover up to 20 % of the electricity demand. A special feature of this plant could be the simultaneous use of the area for research of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, because it is not yet well investigated which plants and crop sequences are well compatible with Agri-PV plants, whether and in which way one has to adapt the management, etc. For the university, such a research facility would be beneficial, because important questions of agriculture can be clarified, the agricultural yield can be marketed and also the electricity can still be used.

Due to the university's own power grid and its high electricity demand, there is the particular advantage that the generated PV electricity can be completely consumed by the university itself without storage, thus achieving optimal economic use of the facilities without external investors.