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BIPV system for Lehrter Bahnhof railway station in Berlin
Just four month after construction started on the 321-meter-long
hall of Berlin's new railway station »Lehrter Bahnhof,« traffic began
to roll under the station's enormous glass roof – the largest of its
kind in Europe.
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Beauty has its price: at €14,300 ($13,973)
per kW, the PV system at Lehrter Bahnhof railway station
in Berlin costs about twice as much as a conventional PV
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However, most trains still bypass the station, as it
will not be fully completed until 2006. Hence few passengers have the
opportunity to admire the BIPV system on the roof so far. About 780 of
approximately 8,500 glass plates will generate electricity. Cologne,
Germany-based Flabeg Solar International GmbH produced the 8 mm thick
glass-glass modules (type: Optisol), which were made in numerous
different dimensions to accommodate the curved form of the 16 m high
hall. The EU-subsidized, 189 kW system cost about €2.7 million ($2.6
million), excluding installation costs.
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Jochen Siemer
© PHOTON International, September 2002
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