Country’s largest solar plant now operational

Slovenia's largest solar power plant has been launched. Built for €5.5 million adjacent to the Brežice hydropower plant, it has a peak power of 6 MW, enough to meet the electricity needs of about 1,800 households.

What makes it special alongside its size is that it is connected directly to the 110 kilovolt transmission network and forms a hybrid system with the hydropower plant.

The hydropower plant's run-of-river reservoir acts as energy storage. On sunny days when the solar plant's production rises, part of the unused water can be stored and used at night or when solar...