Ampt equips 240-MW solar-plus-storage plant in Chile with optimisers

• Ampt LLC, an US power conversion technology company concentrated on the solar market, has completed the distribution of string optimisers for a 240-MW solar-plus-storage project in Chile.

The business has provided its items for usage in a system in Atacama Desert plateau that produces and stores power to support the copper mining procedures of Sierra Gorda SCM.

The string optimisers are used for attaching the solar photovoltaic (PV) park to 112 MW/560 MWh of lithium-ion batteries with a shared DC bus.

Fort Collins, Colorado-based Ampt said that its tools will assist lower the cost and enhance the efficiency of the system.