Large-scale Solar Articles
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Golden Solar Delivers an Enhanced Solar Warranty
Gansu Golden Solar Co. Ltd., (“Golden Solar”) a specialist producer and supplier of solar photovoltaic Heterojunction (“HJT”) cells and modules, today announced their introduction of an enhanced limited warranty (“EL Warranty”) pertaining to the aforesaid HJT Modules. The extensive EL Warranty is broadened by a pragmatic approach to real life requirements of ...
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What Does the Inflation Reduction Act Mean for Clean Energy?
The inauguration of Joe Biden as president of the United States sparked auspicious investment into revitalizing renewable energy industries and helping make Americans’ lives more sustainable. That begins with the Inflation Reduction Act and clean energy. This blog will briefly talk about the Inflation Reduction Act, its passage, why it is of such importance for the clean energy sector and ...
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Distributed energy will play a key role in Renewable Energy Zones. Here’s how.
With the continued stream of announcements around the early closure of coal-fired power plants across Australia, Renewable Energy Zones (REZs) are a key way forward as coal makes its exit. To date, there are 41 potential REZs flagged for potential development, each undergoing different phases of planning and consultation. According to a recent EnergyCo event, New South Wales has less than ...
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How to Design a Shading Free Solar System Layout
When you’re about to start planning and designing a new large-scale solar project, it is important to take shading and energy losses into account. The goal of large-scale solar plants is to generate as much energy as possible. All the energy that has been generated will be converted into power that can be used by families, companies or solar car parks, for example. For this reason, it ...
By Virto Solar
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Renewables boom in North Africa Still pending.
In North Africa, the renewables sector has great growth potential, but the market needs to be improved: rules, political stability and depowering the fossil sector. The Benban Solar Park in Egypt is the fifth largest in the world. A pharaonic project, so to speak, built about 40 km from the great Aswan Dam, a marvel of modern engineering. Located in the heart of Egypt's southern desert, the ...
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Project - United Arab Emirates Rooftop Solar and Storage
Type: Large Solar Rooftop System with Energy Storage Location: United Arab Emirates Client: Private Client Rooftop Solar with Lithium-Ion Phosphate Storage, Parallel Inverters, and Remote Monitoring Solar: 305 kWp Mono c-Si Storage: 614 kWh, 414.4 VDC Lithium-Ion Phosphate Inverters: 2 x 200kVA (400kVA total) Genset: 2 x 500 kVA Diesel Backup The client’s industrial ...
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How distribution system operators are facing today’s smart grid challenges
Hardware Pioneers, a media hub advocating for a “smarter and more connected world,” recently interviewed me, about the increasing challenges facing today’s distribution system operator (DSO). In this post, I would like to expand on that discussion and talk a bit more about the evolving nature of the smart grid and how new solutions can help a DSO manage this very dynamic ...
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Legacy energy infrastructure: The hidden threat to our climate
It’s easy to identify the biggest climate threats: coal and oil-fired power stations pouring emissions into the atmosphere, heavy industry smoking up the sky, and the seemingly endless traffic jams of petrol and diesel polluting vehicles. But another enemy is standing in the way of a greener future; one rarely mentioned because it’s effectively invisible: our legacy energy ...
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Self-Consumption for Companies: What is the role of the Utilities?
Self-Consumption for companies is an emerging trend. Companies are increasingly interested in generating and consuming clean energy, and utilities are aware of this. In this article, we will review the current state of self-consumption in the UK. We will also find out how the most innovative utilities reinvent their customer-value proposition, capitalizing on this new business growth opportunity. ...
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Should you Clean Dirty Solar Panels to Increase Energy Output?
Dirty solar panels are a common dilemma for residential and large-scale solar installations of photovoltaic panels (solar panels). Typically, dirt from air pollution, agriculture, construction, and unpaved roads accumulates on the panels. The dirtier the solar panels are —the lower the electricity they will produce. But the question remains, are the benefits of regularly cleaning dirty ...
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Project - Solar Covered Walkways & Canopies Power NeoCity Academy
NeoCity Academy, located in Kissimmee, is Florida’s first Net-Zero Energy K-12 School. In alignment with the school’s sustainability goals, the school integrated a unique, curved LSX solar canopy for food trucks in front of the school as well as solar covered walkways to access the school and a large solar canopy over the outdoor seating area. This beautiful project was designed by ...
By Lumos Solar
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Roll-to-roll processing of single junction modules
To come to a sustainable energy production, we need large amounts of solar cells. For perovskite solution based printing techniques are available, so the future perovskite solar modules are printed on flexible carriers. Roll-to-roll processes are researched by Ilker Dogan at Solliance Solar Research. He will tell you about the latest developments on roll-to-roll deposition processes for ...
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5 Reasons you should Make Solar Panel Frames With Roll Forming
Roll forming is highly efficient for projects that require medium to high volumes, tight tolerances, and an attractive finish. One of such projects is the manufacturing of solar panel frames. Solar panel framing usually requires specialized materials, exclusive designs, and critical hole placements for field assembly. Also, these panel frames may be required in large volumes. Thankfully, roll ...
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Covid-19, Blackouts and Wildfires Demand New Energy Policy Initiatives
Covid-19, blackouts and increasing wildfires put CA residents at extreme risk. Dramatic steps to modernize our power grid with distributed customer-sited generation and storage are needed to mitigate these growing hazards Covid-19, rolling blackouts and the potential for a far more extreme wildfire season are putting Californians in danger. We need to take dramatic steps to ...
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Reduce Costs With Proper Solar Farm Dust Control
Solar farms are large scale solar installations of photovoltaic (PV) panels, referred to as solar panels. Unpaved roads line the rows of solar panels. These roads produce high quantities of dust. Poor solar farm dust control can hurt profit margins, damage equipment, and lead to health and safety issues. Access Roads Cause Dirty Solar Panels Unpaved access roads on solar farms are made of ...
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Using Community Solar to Grow North Carolina’s Clean Energy Industry
North Carolina is a leader in clean energy, consistently ranking in the top 10 in terms of solar energy, energy efficiency, and clean energy jobs. According to the E2 Clean Energy Jobs Report, North Carolina supplied 113,000 clean energy jobs in 2019. However, there are still ways that North Carolina can improve its access to and amount of clean energy. One way that the state can create a more ...
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Optimizing Logistics to Minimize Cost
With five locations across the U.S. and in central Mexico, Roller Die + Forming customers understand the advantage of location and logistics. Transportation costs can be one of the hardest costs to cut and warehousing costs can add up. Tackling these two costs can cut the cost-per-part and overhead. Our Green Cove Springs, Florida plant is well situated to help Florida solar companies meet ...
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Project Alamo 1 - San Antonio, Texas
Project Description: Alamo 1 represented the first stage of a 400 MWac solar PV project delivering clean, renewable energy to CPS Energy, the municipal utility for the City of San Antonio. This 39.2 MWac solar farm is made up of 167,680 modules on 2,260 single-axis and 1,932 dual-axis tracker rows. Commercial operation began in December 2013, serving approximately 9,150 homes. The ...
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The Duck Curve: A Review of California`s Daily Load Predictions
What Is the Duck Curve? California’s electricity is supplied from a variety of energy sources, including natural gas, solar, hydro, geothermal, wind, and nuclear. The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) manages the operation of the state’s electricity grid, making sure that the total energy demand on any given day matches the total energy supply from the various sources. ...
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Project - Solar Storage Portfolios in Europe
The European largest operational solar farm is Mula Photovoltaic Power Plant in Spain, with a total installed capacity of 494MW, built by ACS, a subsidiary of Cobra, in 2019. However, the title will not last for long as another Spanish solar power plant, the Francisco Pizarro Plant, is under construction with a total installed capacity of 590MW and 1.7 million solar modules, announced by ...
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