Swabia solar park
The BayWa r.e. Operation Services GmbH plant was commissioned in 2019 and covers an area of 7.8 hectares. It is located around 100 metres north of the small village of Seifertshofen in Bavaria. The Schwaben solar park is located on a gentle slope sloping down to the north. An unpaved path about five metres wide separates the centre of the site. The transformer stations are also located along the path. An access road about 20 metres long is concreted. The rest of the site is developed as grassland.
BayWa r.e. Operation Services GmbH
6.4 MW
7.8 ha
2019
Bavaria
48.2219246245 - 10.3078872951
Arable land
Table of contents
| Species groups | Investigated |
|---|---|
| Plants | ✔ |
| Locusts | ✔ |
| Butterfly | |
| Dragonflies | |
| Reptiles | |
| Amphibians | |
| Birds | ✔ |
| Bats | ✔ |
| Miscellaneous |
✔ = Investigation carried out on behalf of the operators
Natural environment and special features
Danube-Iller-Lech Plates
The Schwaben solar park is located in the Swabian district of Günzburgund. It is surrounded by forest, grassland and farmland, with a high proportion of winter cereals and rapeseed. A dense hedge structure with scattered trees and copses runs to the south of the plant. Parallel to the hedge structure and in close proximity to it runs a little-used, predominantly agricultural path. To the west of the site is the Oberrieder Weiher, a quarry pond created anthropogenically for the extraction of gravel, which functions both as a local recreation area and as a habitat for numerous animal and plant species. To the north of the site is a small wooded area that serves as a roost for around 100 to 150 jackdaws.
The Schwaben solar park is located on a gentle slope sloping down to the north.
Agricultural land (arable land, intensive grassland) with marginal roadside verges (mulch mowing) and a few copses at the edges of the plan area (information from the expert report enclosed with this fact sheet)
Floor
Brown earth / parabrown earth / pararendzina from loess-mixed tertiary deposits
Clay slurries
Construction method
3m
2.1m
20°
2 pieces
20mm
The frame consists of two posts with a support strut on the higher post.
The modules are monofacial.
There are no paved paths.
Around 25-30 modules lie next to each other on a table. As the field is sloping in one corner, the row spacing here has been increased to up to 4.12 metres. A free strip is kept in the centre for maintenance purposes. There are also 4 transformer stations and a container for spare parts.
Management
Sheep grazing is used in the Schwaben solar park depending on the weather. In addition, what is not eaten is mown out. Partial mowing with migratory grazing is carried out. Planted bushes are also mown and pruned if necessary.
Equalisation measures
The following compensatory measures were taken within the plant:
- Sowing with a seed mixture for grassland development
- Hedge planting
- Create lizard hotels or deadwood piles
- Creating a clay pit
The seed mixture used is composed as follows:
Cs - Cornus sanguinea / Red dogwood
Cm - Crataegus monogyna / Involved hawthorn
Ee - Euonymus europaea / Peacock coneflower
Lv - Ligustrum vulgare / Privet
Lx - Lonicera xylosteum / Honeysuckle
Ps - Prunus spinosa / Blackthorn
Rc - Rosa canina / dog rose
Vo - Viburnum opulus / Common viburnum
Vl - Viburnum lantana / woolly viburnum
Transplanted shrubs with a minimum height of 60-100 cm and 2-5 shoots are to be used as planting quality. The planting density for the greening in the south is two square metres (approx. 1.4 m x 1.4 m) per plant in two rows, planted in staggered rows. Low-growing plants are to be planted towards the path property (plot no. 106). The greening in the east will be carried out as loose planting with native shrub groups on 30 per cent of the area. The remaining areas will be developed as extensive tall herbaceous meadows by sowing native seeds.
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