{"id":24878,"date":"2018-10-09T07:17:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T20:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=24878"},"modified":"2018-10-09T07:17:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T20:47:47","slug":"chernobyl-solar-farm-mb0777","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/chernobyl-solar-farm-mb0777\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Farm At Chernobyl Officially Opened"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Not the best of days to take a solar power pic | Image: Rodina-Enerparc<\/p><\/div>\n

Late last week, a solar panel installation at the site of the infamous Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine was officially unveiled.<\/p>\n

In April 1986 an incident<\/a> involving the No. 4 light water graphite moderated reactor at the facility resulted in the world’s worst nuclear accident to date. An exclusion zone of 30 kilometres radius put in place around the plant remained uninhabited for quite a while, but apparently a couple of hundred people have returned and are now living within the zone.<\/p>\n

The area has remained largely unusable and it has been said that parts will remain uninhabitable for 20,000 years.<\/p>\n

In 2013, a consortium called Rodina-Enerparc was formed with the goal of seeing a solar project established at the site just 100 metres from reactor #4, which is shielded by a giant sarcophagus. It wasn’t until 2017 that a lease agreement for the location of an initial 1MW facility was finalised and construction commenced.<\/p>\n