photovoltaic control News
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Sunverge and LG Partner on Residential Virtual Power Plant Project
LG Electronics USA and Sunverge Energy are collaborating on a groundbreaking residential virtual plant project with customers in Northern and Central California - one of the first pilot programs in the United States to incorporate both load control and PV/energy storage control holistically. This unique project, which is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2022, explores ways in ...
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New path to solar energy via solid-state photovoltaics
A newly discovered path for the conversion of sunlight to electricity could brighten the future for photovoltaic technology. Researchers with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found a new mechanism by which the photovoltaic effect can take place in semiconductor thin-films. This new route to energy production overcomes the bandgap voltage limitation that continues to ...
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Schneider Electric Announces Rapid Shutdown Solution with Tigo
Schneider Electric, a specialist in digital transformation of energy management and automation, together with Tigo, maker of the smart modular Flex MLPE & TS4 Platform, have announced the launch of Schneider Electric’s MPPT Disconnect RS (Rapid Shutdown), an accessory for Schneider Electric’s Conext MPPT Solar Charge Controllers for rapid shutdown PV arrays with Tigo TS4-F (Fire ...
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Duke Energy to Install Microgrid at Camp Lejeune
Duke Energy has been awarded a $22 million utility energy service contract by Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune for the design and construction of a microgrid at the military base. The innovative microgrid solution includes upgraded electrical infrastructure, 5 megawatts of on-site natural gas-fired generation, a 5.4-MW battery energy storage system, integration of an existing solar photovoltaic ...
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Trianel to boost German sustainability exploring BaxEnergy intelligence
BaxEnergy and Trianel have signed an agreement to evaluate ESP® competitive features and strengths. The German joint venture utility develops, builds and operates renewable energy power plants representing a gross capacity of more than 700MW. Together with Trianel, municipal utilities and regional energy providers are investing in the expansion of renewable energies across Germany. Trianel ...
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Clarke Energy and Danone to Develop Resilient Microgrid Project in South Africa
Moshesh Partners has selected Clarke Energy to supply a gas fuelled combined heat and power (CHP) unit and microgrid controller for a Danone SA dairy food manufacturing plant in Boksburg. The microgrid will incorporate INNIO’s Jenbacher engines and microgrid controller, existing solar photovoltaic power array and diesel engine back up and will be grid connected. Moshesh Cogeneration, ...
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Fort Hunter Liggett Partners with Ameresco to Install Resilient, Secure and Sustainable Microgrid Project
Ameresco, Inc., a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, announced this week's groundbreaking of its electrical distribution microgrid at Fort Hunter Liggett. To support USAG Fort Hunter Liggett's goals to achieve Net Zero Energy, while also attaining U.S. Army Directives to achieve Critical Mission Resiliency, the $21.6 million project will include ...
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In Complete Charge - skytron`s Plant Controller Integrates PV Power Into the French High-Voltage Grid
For the first time, in March 2012, the power plant controller skycontrol is installed and commissioned in a photovoltaic installation that feeds directly into France's 63 kV high-voltage grid. Drawing from its solid experience in the control of utility-scale PV plants connected to medium-voltage grids, the Berlin-based company skytron® energy GmbH fine tunes the plant controller of the 34 ...
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Cleaner air for Arizona after US$400m coal-fired power plant settlement
As part of the fifteenth settlement secured by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of Justice to control harmful air pollution from coal-fired power plants, the owner and operator of a plant in St. Johns, Ariz., has agreed to install pollution controls at an estimated cost of US$400 million to reduce harmful emissions and pay a US$950,000 civil penalty. This week's ...
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