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Hybrid power

Download now for free: Our new hybrid special

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Our special issue on hybrid power plants and the technology required for them is now available for you. In the run-up to Intersolar, you can find out why storage units and solar are increasingly being planned together.

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Finland

3H2 pilot project: 1,350 kg green hydrogen per day

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MAN Energy Solutions and H-TEC Systems in cooperation with Helen Oy will execute Helsinki Hydrogen Plan. The 3H2 pilot project combines four different sectors, electricity, heating, transportation and hydrogen as well as flexibility between them.

© RWE
Hybrid power plants

VSB plans one of Europe’s largest solar-wind hybrid energy parks in Finland

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With the 450-megawatt hybrid project, the company based in Dresden, Germany is planning a utility-scale plant for continuous green electricity generation.

© European Energy
Nordics

Sweden:  First large-scale hybrid wind and solar farm 

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European Energy has started constructing Sweden’s first large-scale hybrid park in Skåramåla in the municipality of Tingsryd, where the existing wind farm is supplemented by a solar park.

© Katja Eichinger, R-Tech GmbH
Renewables research

Biohydrogen from microorganisms?

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Until now, hydrogen has been produced from fossil resources or with the help of electrolysis. But what potential do biogenic residues offer? This is what the BiReMiH2 project of the HY2.ZERO network in southern Germany is investigating.

© Sungrow
Trade fairs

Intersolar Europe 2024: Sungrow unveils broad range of solutions

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Sungrow will unveil a lineup of cutting-edge, all-scenario products at Intersolar Europe 2024 this week in Munich.

© Solar Promotion
EM-Power Europe

Flexible consumers take the burden off the grid

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EM-Power Europe, part of The smarter E, will present the latest products, technologies and trends in grid and energy management that will help make the energy system more flexible.

© Solar Promotion
The smarter E Forum

Sector coupling in practice

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The smarter E Forum offers visitors of The smarter E Europe practical knowledge on the major topics of the energy transition such as smart grids, sector coupling, digitalization, flexibility and much more.

© EnBW
Sectors4Energy

Economical energy solution through neighbourhood planning

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A new housing estate in the municipality of Kressbronn on Lake Constance in Germany generates ground-level geothermal energy for the community. Find out more about this in July at the Sectors4Energy conference in Cologne.

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Interview Rolls-Royce Power Systems

"Microgrids can also pay off in Central Europe"

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Rolls-Royce Power Systems is focusing heavily on battery storage systems, energy management and microgrids. Armin Fürderer, Director of Energy Solutions, and Jan Henker, Senior Expert Automation & Controls, explain this in an interview.

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Hybrid power

SENS and Windpower combine wind farm with new solar plant

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The new Berching-Altmannsdorf solar park will feed solar power into the grid of the Berching community wind farm. As with the wind farm, the citizens are once again involved.

© BayWa r.e.
Hybrid plants

Spain: Pioneering 188 MW wind-PV project

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BayWa r.e. is setting new standards with its first project in Spain to combine solar and wind energy projects. The project comprises three wind farms with a total capacity of 135 MW and two solar farms with a total capacity of 53 MW.

© Wirsol
Conference

Connecting sectors with each other

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The Sectors4Energy conference presents solutions for successful sector coupling. This is the only way to stabilise the energy system of the future. The sectors will meet in Cologne in Germany at the beginning of July 2024.

© Fraunhofer ICT
Microgrids

Unique combination of PV, wind and storage

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BayWa r.e. and Ampt succesfully deployed a unique combination of wind and solar generation together with battery storage within the microgrid at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT) campus in Pfinztal, Germany.

© Enapter

Top products of the week

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A new electrolyser for industrial applications, mass production of the latest Vertex solar modules, a new version of a planning software and a solar heat pump system with PVT technology. These are our top products of the week:

© Consolar
PVT heat pump

Solar heat pump system with PVT technology

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In addition to a photovoltaic module, new PVT heat pump collectors from Consolar and Triple Solar have an air-brine heat exchanger on the underside of the collector.

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Energy transition in Europe

LEAG and EPNE plan mega network of green energy plants

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The energy company LEAG plans to launch several wind and solar projects with the project developer EP New Energies (EPNE) this year. The aim is to create a network of green energy plants - the so-called Gigawatt Factory. It is one of the largest energy transition projects in Europe.

© Axpo
Hydrogen

Italy: Axpo partners for major green hydrogen project

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Axpo is joining a large-scale green hydrogen project in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It includes a 30MW electrolyser powered by a 45MW solar plant

© Enapter
Hydrogen

New electrolyser for industrial applications

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The German-Italian manufacturer Enapter is expanding its portfolio with the AEM Flex 120, an AEM electrolyser that enables the rapid construction of H2 pilot projects in the industrial and refuelling sector.

© Leclanché
Hybrid power plant

Leclanché builds solar storage hybrid power plant on St. Kitts

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With the combination of solar park and storage unit, the utility Skelec can supply around a third of the Caribbean island's electricity. THAT saves a lot of diesel, which was previously used for the power supply.

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Showcase project

Phoenix Contact opens park to show the future of the All Electric Society

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An exciting technology park has been created at the entrance to the Phoenix Contact company premises in Blomberg. It shows which solar solutions, storage units, electrical heating technology and charging stations are already possible. What looks like the future was built exclusively with tried and tested technology.

© Vero Power
Solar plus storage

Holiday resort in England self-supplies using solar power and storage

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The Baxby Manor holiday resort north of York has switched to solar energy. The extension of the grid connection was too expensive. An integrated storage unit ensures that all the electricity from the new photovoltaic system is used.

© Sunmaxx

Top products of the week

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Selecting charging mode integrated in app, a commercial and industrial outdoor storage, a flexible hybrid inverter for up to four solar strings and power and heat from one module. These are our top products of the week:

© Sunamxx
Combined power

Power and heat from one module

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The combination of solar cells with a solar thermal collector is not brand new. But Sunmaxx PVT achieves an electrical output of 395 watts with the PX-1 and combines this with a solar thermal output of 1,522 watts.

© Niels H. Petersen
Hybrid power

HPS inaugurates home with solar-hydrogen storage system

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Home Power Solutions (HPS) has inaugurated a solar hydrogen house in Schöneiche near Berlin, Germany. The highlight: The project is intended to demonstrate the technical possibility of a home being self-sufficient in heat and electricity with good insulation.