After our webinar with Homer Energy on solar hybrid systems, we realized that there is a lot of misconceptions and unanswered interrogations about those systems.
This is why we decided to answer all the questions you have on the subject.
Webinar: How to hybridize diesel with solar & battery storage? | HOMER Energy & Elum Energy
Elum Energy and its industry partner led a joint webinar on how to hybridize diesel with solar & battery storage. he presentation highlights how we plan and design hybrid systems for more opportunities to save fuel in poor-grid and off-grid markets around the world.
What happened in the last 3 months?
PV/Diesel hybrid sector in 2019: 3 months in, what happened?
An overview of the solar PV/Diesel hybrid sector
What happened the last 3 months?
Call of tenders for design, installation, provision and maintenance of hybrid solar projects and the latest press releases from solar hybrid technology companies.
"Résultats de l’analyse des offres relatives aux travaux de construction d’une centrale solaire photovoltaïque de 20 MWc à Bissau et de deux (02) mini centrales solaires photovoltaïques de 1 MWc chacune, à Canchungo et à Gabu en République de Guinée – Bissau"
"According to Bloomberg, several mining companies operating in South Africa are currently planning to build their own power plants relying on PV with a combined capacity of 585 MW. These include a 200 MW solar plant under development by gold provider Sibanye-Stillwater, a 75 MW facility planned by Anglo American Platinum, a 40 MW solar park by Goldfields, and a 200 MW PV plant by Indian mining company Vedanta. The list also includes a 30 MW project by Harmony, a 38 MW plant by Orion and a smaller 3 MW facility by Exxaro."
"The Grass Valley company builds self-contained and automated solar power systems using shipping containers that measure 20 by 8 feet. The company also offers smaller "MiniBox" units that come on shipping pallets. BoxPower has ramped up its manufacturing to eight units per month, double what it was at the end of 2018, Barkow said.
BoxPower’s "SolarContainer" units range from $50,000 to $100,000, depending on features like the number of solar panels and battery capacity. The MiniBox models run from $20,000 to $40,000."
"Filatex Energie, une entreprise basée à Tananarive, en Madagascar, se lance à la conquête du continent africain en 2020. Elle compte produire 150 MWc d’énergie solaire dans quatre pays d’Afrique de l’Est et de l’Ouest."
"The 10-year Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) will see power supplied from two solar farms with a combined power output of almost 200 megawatts, of which AB InBev will be supplied with over 130 megawatts.
This makes it the largest Pan-European corporate solar power deal in history..."
"The hybrid solar/diesel power plant in Agadez will be built by a consortium consisting of the French company Vergnet and the Indian companies Sterling and Wilson and SNS Solar Power Engineering & Technology. The plant will have a capacity of 19 MW."
Webinar: How to hybridize diesel with solar & battery storage?
Join us on Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 at 7:00 AM MST for a webinar with Homer Energy, on how to hybridize diesel with solar & battery storage to bring more opportunities to save fuel
MOROCCO: Engie to build solar power plant on Nexans’ rooftop
The Moroccan subsidiary of the French energy group Engie has been chosen by Nexans Morocco to build a 2.5 MWp solar power plant on the roof of its cable manufacturing plant in the city of Mohammédia.
ADB launches plan to repower diesel-reliant Maldives with solar hybrids
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Environment Ministry of the Maldives have launched a plan to roll out solar–battery–diesel hybrids across 48 islands, meant to curb reliance on expensive and polluting diesel mini-grids.
UAE-CREF to build clean energy projects in 16 Caribbean countries
Under the new development and funding agreements, a solar photovoltaic (PV) carport and rooftop project will be built in the Dominican Republic; a solar PV and battery hybrid project will be developed for the village of Dondon, Haiti; a solar PV and battery hybrid plant will be constructed on the island of…
Electricity tariffs will increase in Nigeria – NERC
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said the electricity tariffs being paid by consumers will increase in April this year.
Top 5 Most Used Solar Inverters for PV Diesel Hybrid Systems 2019
We have crunched our 2019 CRM data and analyzed all quotations made to give an overview of the most active PV inverters companies used in the space. Below is the top 5 PV inverter brands (by frequency on project quotations over 2019).
Load shedding continues, despite Eskom ‘fixing’ Medupi
As industries return to work tomorrow, Eskom is in a seriously dire predicament. Stage 2 load shedding will continue into the second week of January 2020…
