A smart PV combiner box, a flexible energy storage system, intelligent control for self-consumption and a new inverter for grid management. These are our top products of the week.
Installing energy storage systems involves much more than wiring up the batteries with the inverter. Andreas Lipphardt of IBC Solar explains what problems can often occur and how to circumvent such pitfalls.
The performance of a hybrid PV-energy storage system on the Dutch Caribean island Sint Eustatius exceeds expectations. The island utility plans to expand the plant and switch-off remaining diesel generators in the near future.
The first photovoltaic installation at an airport in Scandinavia has been realized at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. The 312 kW PV system at the Finnair cargo centre has been constructed with solar modules from Vikram Solar with a special anti-reflection coating.
Genève Aéroport (GA) and the Services Industriels de Genève (SIG) are realizing one of the largest PV installations in Switzerland. Ten rooftop PV plants will produce around 7.5 GWh per year.
Modular expandable energy storage systems like the BYD B-Box HV support families on their path to energy self-sufficiency. A family home in Bavaria could reach a self-sufficiency grade of almost 80 percent.
In the future, all roofs in Basel will be photovoltaic. The parliament of the Swiss city has approved a corresponding law application. The government has to adopt a regulation within two years, obliging the owner to build solar plants - as far as economically reasonable and technically possible.
A 3.2 MW Citizens solar power plant was inaugurated in Austria with locally produced solar modules from Kioto Solar. Citizens get a yearly remuneration of three percent.
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