Maintenance windows, system degradation and future upgrade profits are all impacted by dispatch and charge decisions during operations, PV plus storage experts told the PV Operations USA conference.
Industry Insight
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Offshore wind developers see ripe conditions for zero-subsidy bidsDec 5, 2018
Project efficiency gains, supportive funding markets, and growing demand from corporate customers will support zero-subsidy projects in the coming years but electrification growth is required longer term, leading developers told the 2018 Offshore Wind Europe conference.
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South Africa wind developers eye fresh bids to meet short-term deficitDec 5, 2018
South Africa's proposed renewables plan overestimates coal-fired capacity in the coming years and the wind industry must prepare cost-competitive projects for potential procurement announcements, wind developers told the Africa New Energy 2018 conference.
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Morocco hybrid CSP-PV project seen as 'game changer' for costsNov 28, 2018
Technology coupling gains and a favorable development framework could see prices for Morocco’s pioneering Noor Midelt hybrid projects trend towards the lowest global CSP tariffs, experts told the CSP Madrid 2018 conference.
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El proyecto marroquí de CSP-PV supondrá un “punto de inflexión” en los costesNov 28, 2018
Los beneficios de acoplar ambas tecnologías y un marco de desarrollo favorable podrían propiciar que los precios de los proyectos híbridos Noor Midelt de Marruecos tiendan hacia las tarifas globales más bajas de CSP, según dijeron los expertos en la conferencia CSP Madrid 2018.
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Taller wind turbines drive growth but raise reliability risks, experts warnNov 21, 2018
Advances in wind power technology will open up new project opportunities but operators must tackle growing size and site climate challenges to minimize costs, North American wind experts said at the Wind O&M Canada 2018 conference.
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Duke Energy deploys AI-drones over PV fleet to boost operating gainsNov 21, 2018
U.S. utility Duke Energy is deploying AI-supported drones across its growing solar plant fleet in its latest push to raise self-operating efficiency, Jeff Wehner, Vice President of Operations, Renewables at Duke Energy, told the Solar PV Operations USA 2018 conference.
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Offshore wind leaders expand land, sea hubs to future-proof operationsNov 21, 2018
Offshore wind operators are supplementing giant UK port-side investments with remote vessel expansions to optimize growing project capacities and portfolios, leading operators told New Energy Update.
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La distribución de CSP en tiempo real aumenta los ingresos en más de un 15 %Nov 14, 2018
El nuevo software que combina algoritmos de distribución con predicciones probabilísticas podría reducir los precios de las ofertas de CSP en una cuarta parte e impulsar el nuevo despliegue de CSP en EE.UU., según dijo Mike Wagner, investigador principal del Laboratorio Nacional de Energías Renovables (NREL), a New Energy Update.
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CSP real-time dispatch model hikes revenues by over 15%Nov 14, 2018
New software combining dispatch algorithms with probabilistic forecasting could reduce CSP bid prices by a quarter and spur fresh U.S. CSP deployment, Mike Wagner, Principal Investigator at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), told New Energy Update.
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GE targets untapped wind sites with two-piece blade designNov 7, 2018
GE's new 5.3 MW turbine system combines larger dimensions with on-site blade assembly in a design leap that could unlock new wind siting opportunities.
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Desert PV soiling tests reveal 10% tolerance optimizes costsNov 7, 2018
Research in Qatar has shown that dust accumulation lowers solar energy output by 0.5% per day and on average one clean per month may be optimal.
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Floating wind developers focus on lean multiples as competition mountsNov 7, 2018
Floating wind developers are cutting design weight, maximizing onshore build capability and gaining lender support, but the jump to commercial arrays will require state-level measures, industry experts said.
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El informe Global CSP sobre aprendizajes apunta a reducir el coste de financiaciónOct 31, 2018
Los investigadores estadounidenses están recabando datos de más de la mitad de los proyectos globales de CSP para ayudar a reducir los costes de financiación que obstaculizan la competenca, según dijo Mark Mehos, director de programas de CSP del Laboratorio Nacional de Energías Renovables (NREL), a New Energy Update.
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Global CSP learnings report targets lower cost of financeOct 31, 2018
U.S. researchers are seeking data from over half of global CSP projects to help lower financing costs that are hampering competitiveness, Mark Mehos, Program Manager, CSP at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), told New Energy Update.
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US solar storage displaces gas as coupling cuts battery costs by 39%Oct 24, 2018
Solar plus storage deployment is spreading from the U.S. Southwest into eastern states as growing competition boosts efficiency gains in technology coupling, analysts from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) told New Energy Update.
