Revamping of damaged PV plants in Greece after flooding
The revamping project
Central Greece was hit by extensive flooding in autumn 2023 due to extreme weather phenomena. As a result, a 500 kWp PV plant in the Larissa region was almost completely submerged in water, causing severe damage.
After the water drained, the Greek O&M team stepped in, designed, planned and carried out a complete reconstruction of the "Golden Solar" PV plant, replacing old modules with new bifacial modules. The existing assembly structures were changed accordingly. The team also replaced old string inverters with new, more efficient devices and also replaced other components, including the fence.
The entire work had to be completed within a very short time in order to restore production as quickly as possible. Now the plant owner benefits from higher yields as well as almost completely new equipment with many new components,
Although the nominal output may not be increased for legal reasons, the operator will achieve an additional yield of six to eight percent after revamping the solar power plant.
The Greek O&M team also worked to restore full productivity to another PV plant in the Karditsa region, which was also damaged during the floods. In the "Aten" PV plant with an output of nine megawatts, the team replaced significant quantities of medium-voltage devices, inverter components and power electronics components on behalf of the owner Helpe S.A. within a very short period of time.