Germany’s Agri-PV Portfolio Continues to Grow: Vattenfall’s Tützpatz

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In an era where pres­sure on agri­cul­tur­al land is increas­ing and the ener­gy tran­si­tion is gain­ing momen­tum, Vattenfall’s new Agri-PV project “Tütz­patz” demon­strates how inno­va­tion and sus­tain­abil­i­ty can go hand in hand. On Sep­tem­ber 10, 2025, the ener­gy com­pa­ny com­mis­sioned Germany’s largest Agri-PV park to date—a pio­neer­ing project that seam­less­ly inte­grates elec­tric­i­ty gen­er­a­tion with agri­cul­ture. In this post, we dive deep into the details, explor­ing the tech­nol­o­gy, part­ner­ships, and ben­e­fits, and show why such projects could shape the future of Ger­man agri­cul­ture.

If you want to learn more about the basics of Agri-PV, we rec­om­mend our How-to-Guide on Agri-Pho­to­voltaics, which will help you plan your own project.

What makes the Tützpatz Agri-PV park so special?

Locat­ed in the pic­turesque Meck­len­bur­gis­che Seen­plat­te dis­trict in Meck­len­burg-Vor­pom­mern, the Tütz­patz park spans an impres­sive 93 hectares—equivalent to about 130 foot­ball fields. With a nom­i­nal capac­i­ty of 76 MWp, it sup­plies green elec­tric­i­ty to over 20,000 house­holds and avoids approx­i­mate­ly 25,000 tons of CO₂ emis­sions annu­al­ly. Notably, the project was real­ized with­out state sub­si­dies, high­light­ing its eco­nom­ic via­bil­i­ty and mak­ing it an attrac­tive mod­el for investors.

Tütz­patz is not just a solar park but a prime exam­ple of dual land use in agri-pho­to­voltaics. Here, not only ener­gy but also food is pro­duced: the land is used for poul­try farm­ing and crop cul­ti­va­tion. This syn­er­gy address­es two press­ing chal­lenges of our time—the short­age of arable land and the need for renew­able energy—demonstrating how Agri-PVadvances the ener­gy tran­si­tion with­out com­pro­mis­ing agri­cul­ture.

The three sub-areas at a glance

The park is divid­ed into three inno­v­a­tive sub-areas, each tai­lored to spe­cif­ic agri­cul­tur­al needs. Here’s an overview:

Sub-area	Nom­i­nal Capac­i­ty	Area	Tech­nol­o­gy	Agri­cul­tur­al Use
Tütz­patz 1	43.4 MWp	47.5 ha	Ele­vat­ed bifa­cial mod­ules with vari­able tilt angles	Poul­try farm­ing: Chick­ens in mobile coops (up to 15,000 ani­mals in six coops) – shade pro­vides pro­tec­tion from heat and preda­tors
Tütz­patz 2	13.3 MWp	21.5 ha	Sin­gle-axis track­er sys­tems (east-west ori­en­ta­tion)	Crop farm­ing: Con­ven­tion­al four-crop rota­tion, mechan­i­cal­ly farmable due to wider row spac­ing
Tütz­patz 3	19.4 MWp	24 ha	Sin­gle-axis track­er sys­tems	Crop farm­ing: Sim­i­lar to Tütz­patz 2, opti­mized for high yields with vari­able sun pro­tec­tion

The park com­pris­es a total of 146,000 solar mod­ules, includ­ing bifa­cial vari­ants that cap­ture light from both sides, boost­ing ener­gy yields. The track­er sys­tems in the crop areas dynam­i­cal­ly tilt the mod­ules to ensure opti­mal solar align­ment while leav­ing enough space for trac­tors. Such tech­nolo­gies, as explained in our com­par­i­son of high- and low-mount sys­tems, max­i­mize both elec­tric­i­ty pro­duc­tion and agri­cul­tur­al pro­duc­tiv­i­ty.

Strong partnership: Green energy for Telekom

A key to Tützpatz’s suc­cess is the long-term Pow­er Pur­chase Agree­ment (PPA) with Pow­er and Air Con­di­tion Solu­tion Man­age­ment GmbH (PASM), a sub­sidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG. Telekom will pur­chase the park’s entire elec­tric­i­ty out­put for ten years, cov­er­ing the ener­gy needs of approx­i­mate­ly 4,600 mobile net­work sites. This ensures cost cer­tain­ty for Vat­ten­fall and under­scores how Agri-PV fits into the val­ue chains of large cor­po­ra­tions.

Benefits of Agri-PV as exemplified by Tützpatz: More than just electricity

Agri-pho­to­voltaics, as demon­strat­ed in Tütz­patz, offers a range of ben­e­fits beyond mere ener­gy pro­duc­tion:

• Land effi­cien­cy: Instead of com­pet­ing for land, Agri-PV enables dual use. In Tütz­patz, 100% of the land remains avail­able for agri­cul­ture while gen­er­at­ing 76 MWp of electricity—a win-win for farm­ers and the ener­gy sec­tor.
• Cli­mate pro­tec­tion and resilience: The mod­ules pro­vide shade, reduce evap­o­ra­tion, and pro­tect against extreme weath­er. Stud­ies show that yields for sen­si­tive crops can increase by 10–20%, as detailed in our post on suc­cess­ful Agri-PV projects.
• Eco­nom­ic ben­e­fits: Financed with­out sub­si­dies, Tütz­patz demon­strates prof­itabil­i­ty through PPAs. For farm­ers, this means addi­tion­al income—a trend many Ger­man farm­ers are eager to embrace, as sur­veys con­firm.
• Region­al devel­op­ment: In rur­al areas like Meck­len­burg-Vor­pom­mern, Agri-PV cre­ates oppor­tu­ni­ties. New forms of ani­mal and crop farm­ing, such as mobile poul­try farm­ing under pan­els, pro­mote inno­v­a­tive agri­cul­ture and secure jobs.

Com­pared to oth­er large-scale projects, such as the 753 MW park in Bran­den­burg, Tütz­patz stands out for its focus on poul­try farm­ing and its close part­ner­ship with Telekom. It also meets stan­dards like DIN SPEC 91434, ensur­ing safe and effi­cient imple­men­ta­tion.

Outlook: Agri-PV as a driver of the energy transition

Vat­ten­fall is already plan­ning addi­tion­al Agri-PV parks, under­scor­ing the trend: by 2030, Agri-PV could con­tribute over 1 GW of capac­i­ty in Ger­many, eas­ing land use com­pe­ti­tion. Projects like Tütz­patz show that the ener­gy tran­si­tion does not come at the expense of agriculture—on the con­trary, it strength­ens it.

At Ylek­tra, we are con­vinced that agri-pho­to­voltaics bridges sus­tain­abil­i­ty and prof­itabil­i­ty. As spe­cial­ists in inno­v­a­tive solar solu­tions, we sup­port farm­ers and com­pa­nies in imple­ment­ing Agri-PV. Inter­est­ed in a fea­si­bil­i­ty study for your farm or land? Feel free to use our call­back ser­vice or call us direct­ly at: +4922363953989.