Solar power plant

1. A solar power plant comprising:

solar cell means for converting solar energy into electric energy and having a plurality of solar cell units, each solar cell unit containing a first cell pole and a second cell pole which cooperate for feeding electric energy produced by the solar cell units as direct current from the solar cell units, the first cell pole of a first one of the plurality of solar cell unit having a same polarity as a first cell pole of a second one of the plurality of cell units; and

direct-current converter means having a plurality of direct-current input poles and two direct-current output poles, each direct-current input pole being connected to at least one of the cell poles, the direct-current converter means being configured for converting input direct currents entered via the direct-current input poles into an output direct current having an output voltage, and for feeding the output direct current via the direct-current output poles from the direct-current converter means,

wherein the direct-current converter means includes a three-phase inverter unit having three phase poles and two direct-voltage poles for serving as a direct-current converter such that each of the three phase poles is one of the direct-current input poles and each of the direct-voltage poles is in electrically conductive connection with exactly one of the direct-current output poles, and

wherein a first phase pole of the three phase poles of the inverter unit of the direct-current converter means is connected to a first cell pole of one of the solar cell units, a second phase pole is connected to both a second cell pole of said one solar cell unit and a first cell pole of a second of the solar cell units, and the third phase pole is connected to a second cell pole of said second solar cell unit.

2. A solar power plant according to claim 1 , wherein each phase pole of the inverter unit of the direct-current converter means is connected to exactly one of the cell poles of a solar cell unit.

3. A solar power plant according to claim 1 , wherein the direct-current converter means comprise:

at least two three-phase inverter units whose direct-voltage poles are connected in parallel.

4. A solar power plant according to claim 1 , comprising:

energy storing means connected to the direct-current output poles of the direct-current converter means to store electric energy.

5. A solar power plant according to claim 1 , comprising:

network inverter means for inverting electricity fed by the direct-current converter means to the direct-current output poles into three-phase alternating current as a feed to a distribution network.

6. A solar power plant according to claim 5 , wherein the network inverter means comprise:

a three-phase inverter unit identical to the three-phase inverter unit of the direct-current converter means.

7. A solar power plant according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the solar cell units comprises:

a plurality of solar cell elements connected in series, and/or a plurality of solar cell elements connected in parallel.

8. A solar power plant according to claim 1 , comprising:

a control unit for measuring voltage and current of each phase pole of the three-phase inverter unit of the direct-current converter means, and for controlling operation of the three-phase inverter unit using the measured voltages and currents.

9. A method for converting solar energy into an electrical direct current, the method comprising:

converting solar energy into electric energy via a plurality of solar cell units, each solar cell unit containing a first cell pole and a second cell pole which cooperate for feeding electric energy produced by the solar cell unit as direct current from the solar cell unit, the first cell pole of a first one of the plurality of solar cell units having a same polarity as a first cell pole of a second one of the plurality of cell units;

converting the direct currents received from the solar cell units into an output direct current having an output voltage; and

feeding the output direct current via direct-current output poles of a direct-current converter, wherein the direct-current converter includes a three-phase inverter unit having three phase poles and two direct-voltage poles for serving as the direct-current converter such that each of the three phase poles is one of the direct-current input poles and each of the direct-voltage poles is in electrically conductive connection with exactly one of the direct-current output poles, and

wherein a first phase pole of the three phase poles of the inverter unit of the direct-current converter means is connected to a first cell pole of one of the solar cell units, a second phase pole is connected to both a second cell pole of the one solar cell unit and a first cell pole of a second of the solar cell units, and the third phase pole is connected to a second cell pole of the second solar cell unit.