Solar Grids News

Senegal presents VAT exception for off-grid solar items
The Senegalese federal government is aiming to increase access to solar energy in backwoods by decreasing VAT on PV panels, inverters, solar thermal collectors and various other items in an initiative to achieve global power gain access to in the nation by 2025.
Sep 2, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Inverters, Grids, Africa, Gogla, Senegal, Namory Doumbia
Repositioning Australian roof PV
A University of South Australia research study has shown that solar owners offering electrical energy to the grid ought to position their panels to lessen the inconsistency in between peak usage and height production.
Sep 2, 2020 // Commercial, Residential, Grids, Rooftop PV, Australia, rooftop PV, Oceania, Kirrilie Rowe, OpenSolar, Andrew Birch
Hungary's very first 'city-owned wise grid' to obtain solar-plus-storage
Hungary's initial "city-owned clever grid project" will certainly be powered by a 1.3 MWp PV center and sustained by a 1.2 MW lithium-ion battery power storage system with an ability of 2.4 MWh.
Aug 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Storage, Grids, Battery Storage, Europe, solar-plus-storage, lithium-ion, Storagedigital, colocation, power converters, smart grid, municipal owned, project news, Andreas Becker
Portuguese government verifies globe record solar rate of $0.01316/ kWh.
The Portuguese government has disclosed some of the preliminary outcomes of the nationwide solar auction which closed on Tuesday. Antonio Delgado Rigal, president of energy forecasting solution Aleasoft, said that the 15-year contracts granted in the auction were the vital to understanding the reason of such an affordable price. This, combined with the civil liberties for land as well as grid link guaranteed by the auction, makes attractive bidding at small cost.
Aug 27, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, Portugal, Iberdrola, Enel, Europe, auction, AleaSoft, Antonio Delgado Rigal, Hanhwa Q Cells
PV plant supplying grid supplementary services in Chile
Chile's National Electric Coordinator has actually approved authorization for a brand-new First Solar PV project to supply supporting grid services on a commercial basis. The setup has actually done much better than gas generator innovations.
Aug 21, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, First Solar, Chile, South america, PV Power Plant, Carlos Barria
Queensland solar drivers shocked by curtailment warning, anticipating rapid resolution
The driver of a 50MW solar center in North Queensland in danger of curtailment anticipates the trouble to be solved in the following couple of weeks.
Jul 31, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Inverters, Grids, ENERGY STORAGE, Australia, AEMO, queensland, Oceania, Genex Power, pumped hydro, grid stability, hydro storage, Simon Kidston
Finnish industrial park obtains 12 MW smart grid with main inverters
Inverter supplier Fimer offered its PVS980-58 main inverter option for the project, which will obtain 35% of its power from solar PV.
Jul 31, 2020 // Inverters, Grids, solar pv, Europe, Fimer, Filippo Carzaniga, Finland, Kai-Kristian Koskinen
Help organization seeks designers for minigrids in Ethiopia
U.S.-based Mercy Corps has actually launched a call for expression of rate of interest in the setup of minigrids at three refugee camps on the boundary with Somalia.
Jul 30, 2020 // Storage, Grids, Ethiopia, Africa, minigrids, Mercy Corps
Grid constraints intimidate to cut greater than 1 GW of solar projects in North Queensland
The north Australian region today included 9 solar plants to the two currently intimidated-- along with a wind farm-- with having their output stopped under specific problems.
Jul 29, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, Australia, pv power plants, AEMO, Oceania
Record Number of Microgrids Installed in US Last Year: WoodMac
546 microgrids were mounted in the United States during 2019, greater than any previous year, according to new study from Wood Mackenzie.
Jul 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Grids, Market Research, USA, woodmac, North America, Market research, Microgrids, Renewable Energy, Distributed Energy
Hitachi ABB Power Grids launches EV fleet billing system
The containerized product incorporates a grid connection with numerous charging systems, allowing electrical public transportation and commercial fleet drivers to bill more vehicles with less facilities needed at depots.
Jul 16, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Grids, India, Asia, Hitachi ABB Power Grids
LF Energy and also the quest of a modularized grid
LF Energy has actually launched its Digital Substation Automation Systems campaign, in hopes of developing an extra modular, versatile and also durable grid. It aims to make interoperable substations that are both software and hardware agnostic.
Jul 14, 2020 // Grids, USA, North America, LF Energy, Shuli Goodman
SJVN Tenders for Development of 100 MW Solar Plant at Dholera Solar Park
SJVN has released a tender, inviting SPDs for setting up a 100 MW grid-connected solar PV power plant at the Dholera Solar Park in Gujarat.
Jul 7, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, India, tender, Asia, solar plant, Projects, Dholera Solar Park, SJVN Ltd
Solar farm fitted with batteries to fulfill grid output control needs browses the web in Japan
One of the first large-scale solar farms in Japan so far to be geared up with battery storage space in order to fulfill the demands of a neighborhood grid operator as well as energy, has been completed on the island of Hokkaido.
Jul 7, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, Japan, Asia, sb energy, Alex O'Cinneide, HEPCO
Limondale solar farm signed up in West Murray
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has introduced a major advance in the West Murray Zone after it gave enrollment to the greatest solar farm because struggling part of the grid.
Jul 2, 2020 // Plants, Grids, Australia, AEMO, Oceania, new south wales