Jülich Solar Tower

Jülich Solar Tower is a 60-metre high experimental concentrated solar power tower, Germany's sole plant using this type of solar power technology. In September 2008 the plant was put into operation on a trial basis.

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Type: Tower
Description: construction
Also known as: “Solarturm Jülich”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jülich railway station and St. Martinus (Stetternich).

Jülich railway station

Railway station

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Jülich railway station is situated 1½ km west of Jülich Solar Tower.

St. Martinus (Stetternich)

Church

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St. Martinus (Stetternich) is a church, which is situated 1½ km northeast of Jülich Solar Tower.

Jülich sugar refinery

Factory

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Jülich sugar refinery is a factory, which is situated 1 km west of Jülich Solar Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jülich and Hambach.

Jülich

Town

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Jülich is a town in the district of Düren, in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany. As a border region between the competing powers in the Lower Rhine and Meuse areas, the town and the Duchy of Jülich played a historic role from the Middle Ages up to the 17th century.