Alternative Energy White Papers

O&M services are seeing a huge push in new technology and data driven tools which are becoming fundamental during the operational phases, however, these technologies don’t come cheap. One of the ways in which O&M costs can be reduced, is by ensuring that PV plants are designed with O&M in mind… Understand how you could reduce your O&M costs whilst maintaining quality with this free Reuters Events: ‘How to Design a Solar Farm with O&M in mind’ Whitepaper.

O&M services are seeing a huge push in new technology and data driven tools which are becoming fundamental during the operational phases, however, these technologies don’t come cheap. One of the ways in which O&M costs can be reduced, is by ensuring that PV plants are designed with O&M in mind… Understand how you could reduce your O&M costs whilst maintaining quality with this free Reuters Events: ‘How to Design a Solar Farm with O&M in mind’ Whitepaper.

The main focus of the white paper was in comparing the different stow strategies on the market, and how they hold up in real life situations. “The rapid expansion of solar PV across the globe makes an in-depth assessment on the long-term security of all major components of a PV system more important than ever – with trackers being perhaps the most important of all BOS components,” said Dr. Thorsten Kray, Head of Building Aerodynamics at I.F.I. and co-author of the paper “The 30° stow strategies that are common with other large tracker companies simply don’t offer the same peace of mind as a 0° strategy – when you look at the results, and when you think about how many high wind events a plant might see in its 30 year lifetime, the benefit actually becomes quite clear.”

Considering the impact of high current output on the junction box and inverter, module size on the installation, handling, transportation and logistics, Trina Solar has taken the lead in proposing a third-cut solar cell, 5*30 cell layout based on 210mm oversized wafers, with the perfect combination of Multi-Bus Bar, non-destructive cutting and high-density cell interconnection technology, which make the Vertex reaches 500W-plus power output and 21%-plus efficiency. The product design also takes into account the compatibility of downstream systems, paving the way for the Vertex in system integration and application.