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PhotovoltaicNoiseBarriers
Anefficientwayofnoisepreventionbyapplicationofphotovoltaicmoduleswasfirstdemonstratedin
Switzerlandin1989.Later,thesolutionwasappliedalsoinsomeotherEuropeancountries.Different
photovoltaic noise barriers can be built considering motorway features, barrier construction, the
height of the barrier, and other factor influence (environment etc.). Modules are fixed on the main

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barrier (a wood or a solid barrier) in different ways, such as vertical, tilted fixed as a zigzag

LargePVRoofs

constructionetc.

PVNoiseBarriers

PhotovoltaicnoisebarrieralongA13inSwitzerland

PVHybridSystems

In1989,TNCinstalledtheworld'sfirstphotovoltaicnoisebarrieralongsidethemotorwaynearChur,

PVinHighAltitudes

Switzerland, stretching just under a kilometer. More than 20 years later, the system is still in
operationanddeliversmorethan100MWhofelectricityannuallytothepublicgrid.
Nameandlocation

PVnoisebarrieralongA13,Switzerland

Operatessince

1989

Ratedpower

100kW

Annualyield

100MWh

Numberofmodules

2208Kyoceramodules

TotalPVarea

968m2

Modulemounting

Tiltangle45,25towardE

Utilityinterconnection

Siemenscentralinverter

TABLE1:PhotovoltaicnoisebarrieralongA13,Switzerland,technicaldata

PhotovoltaicnoisebarrieralongA13,Switzerland
(Imagecredit:pvresources)

PhotovoltaicnoisebarrierattheA9motorway,theNetherlands
largephotovoltaic(PV)energysystemhasbeenintegratedintoanoisebarrierattheA9motorway
near Ouderkerk aan de Amstel (Amsterdam), the Netherlands. The PVsystem consists of 2160
moduleswithmoduleinverters.
Nameandlocation

PVnoisebarrieralongA9
motorway,theNetherlands

Operatessince

1996

Ratedpower

220kW

Annualyield

176MWh

Numberofmodules

2160ShellSolarcSimodules

TotalPVarea

2200m2

Modulemounting

Tiltangle50

Utilityinterconnection

2160moduleinverters

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TABLE2:PhotovoltaicnoisebarrierattheA9motorway,technicaldata

PVnoisebarrierattheA9motorway,theNetherlands
(Imagecredit:pvresources)

PhotovoltaicNoiseBarriersWorldwide
Power

Location [1]

Description [2]

OnGrid

NoisebarrierA3

2009

Picture

2.65MW

Germany,
Aschaffenburg

1MW

Germany,
Bollberg

Imagecourtesy:Ralos

Noisebarrieralong

2015

motorway

Thuringia
1MW

Germany,

NoisebarrierA94

2007

NoisebarrierS.S.434

2010

TgingamInn
833kW

Italy,
Oppeano

Transpolesana
Imagecourtesy:
FARSystems

730kW

Italy,

NoisebarrierA22

Maranod'Isera

Imagecourtesy:

2009

FARSystems

600kW

365kW

Germany,

NoisebarrierA92

Freising

Imagecourtesy:Gehrlicher

(Munich)

Solar

Germany,

20032009

NoisebarrierB31

2006

NoisebarrierB57

2010

Freiburg
283kW

Germany,
Brstadt

216kW

TheNetherlands,
Amstelveen

180kW

Germany
Vaterstetten

123kW

Switzerland,
Melide

104kW

Switzerland,

Picturecourtesy:SolarArt

NoisebarrierA9

1998

Imagecredit:pvresources

Noisebarrieralongrailway

2004

tracks
NoisebarrierGothard

2007

Motorway
NoisebarrierA2

1995

NoisebarrierA13

1989

Giebenach
103kW

Switzerland,
Domat/Ems

103kW

Switzerland,

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Imagecredit:pvresources

Noisebarrieralongrailway

1992

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Gordola
101kW

Austria,

NoisebarrierA2

2001

NoisebarrierA6

1999

NoisebarriereNestle

2010

Gleisdorf
100kW

Germany,
Sausenheim

90kW

Germany,
Biessenhofen

80kW

Switzerland,
Zumikon

80kW

Switzerland,

facility
NoisebarrierForchstrasse,

2014

Zumikon
NoisebarrierA1

2001

NoisebarrierA21

1999

NoisebarrierA620

1995

Safenwil
63kW

France,
Foquiere

60kW

Germany,
Saarbrcken

55kW

TheNetherlands,

40kW+20kW
NoisebarrierA27

1995

NoisebarrierA31

2003

Utrecht
53kW

Germany,
Emden

40kW

Austria,

Imagecourtesy:EWEAG

NoisebarrierA1

1992

NoisebarrierA96

1997

NoisebarrierA23

1992

"StoiadlerIII"noisebarrier

2006

TullamarineCalder

2007

Seewalchen
30kW

Germany,
Ammersee

30kW

Germany,
Rellingen

28kW

Germany,
Grobettlingen

24kW

Australia,
Melbourne

Interchange,Essendon
Airport,Melbourne
Imagecourtesy:Climate
Managers

12kW

Switzerland,
Mnsingen

10kW

Switzerland,
Zrich,Aubrugg

9.6kW

Switzerland,
Zrich,Walliselen

BifacialPVnoisebarrier

2008

alongrailway
NoisebarrierA1,first

1997

bifacialPVnoisebarrier
Firstphotovoltaicnoise

1998

barrieralongrailway
tracks

7.544kW

Germany,
Mnchen,Pasing

Transparentnoisebarrier

2013

Imagecredit:
ertexsolar

Notes

[1]

PowerisspecifiedinMWpifDCarraypowerisknown.IfDCarraypowerisunknownthanoutput
powerisspecified.InsomecasesitisunclearifthepowerplantpowerisoutputorDCarraypower.

[2]

NotallofmentionedPVnoisebarriersarestillinoperation.Listisnotcomplete.Allentriesaregiven
"asis"withoutwarrantiesofanykind.

AdditionalInformation
TNCderHochschuleStromstattLrmPhotovoltaikSchallschutz.

Books
Prasad,D.,Snow,M.:DesigningwithSolarPower:ASourceBookforBuildingIntegratedPhotovoltaics
(BIPV)Earthscan,London2005,ISBN1844071472.

Reports
Eiffert,P.,Kiss,G.J.:BuildingIntegratedPhotovoltaicDesignsforCommercialandInstitutional
StructuresASourcebookforArchitects,NREL/BK52025272,February2000.
Borg,N.J.C.M,Jansen,M.I.:PhotovoltaicnoisebarrierattheA9highwayinTheNetherlandsResults
ofthemonitoringprogrammeNuonInternational,EuropeanCommission,2001.

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ThermieBProject:EUPVNBPOT:EvaluationofthepotencialofPVnoisebarriertechnologyfor
electricityproductionandmarketshareProjectNumber:SME147997,FinalReportVolume1,TNC
Gmbh,1999.
ThermieBProject:EUPVNBPOT:EvaluationofthepotencialofPVnoisebarriertechnologyfor
electricityproductionandmarketshareProjectNumber:SME147997,FinalReportVolume2(Annex),
TNCGmbh,1999.

Papers
Clavadetscher,L.andNordmann,Th.(2004),PVonnoisebarriers,ProgressinPhotovoltaics:Research
andApplications,Volume12,Issue6,pages485496,September2004.
Clavadetscher,L.andNordmann,Th.(1999)100kWpGridConnectedPVInstallationalongtheA13
MotorwayinSwitzerlandPlantMonitoringandEvaluationOperationandMaintenance,AnnualReports
fortheSwissFederalOfficeofEnergy,1990to1999.ProjectNo.32046.
Nordmann,Th.etal.(1998)IntegratedPVNoiseBarriers:SixInnovative10kWpTestingFacilitiesA
GermanSwissTechnologicalandEconomicalSuccessStory!2ndWorldCongressandExhibitionon
PhotovoltaicSolarEnergyConversion,Vienna1998.
Nordmann,Th.etal.(1997)EightYearsofOperationExperiencewithtwo100kWpPVSoundbarriers,
14thEuropeanPhotovoltaicSolarEnergyConference,Barcelona,Spain,1997.
Reiche,K.etal.(1997)IntegratedPVSoundbarriers:ResultsfromtheInternationalCompetitionand
RealisationofSix10kWpTestingFacilities,14thEuropeanPhotovoltaicSolarEnergyConference,
Barcelona,Spain,1997.
Hille,G.,Reiche,K.(1996)PotentialderPhotovoltaikaufLrmschutzwndenandeutschen
Verkehrswegen.11.SymposiumPhotovoltaischeSolarenergie.Staffelstein,Germany,1996.
Nordmann,Th.andGtzberger,A.(1995)MotorwaySoundBarriers:TheBifacialNorth/Southconcept
andthePotentialinGermany,13thEuropeanPhotovoltaicandSolarEnergyConferenceandExhibition,
23rd27thOctober1995,Nice,France,p.707709.
Nordmann,Th.andGtzberger,A.(1994)MotorwaySoundBarriers:RecentResultsandNewConcepts
forAdvancementofTechnology,IEEEFirstWorldConferenceonPhotovoltaicEnergyConversion,
Hawaii,December1994,pp.766773.

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