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DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF A 1 MW PV POWER PLANT IN SPAIN

Objective

A 1 MW pv power plant complements a 77 MW hydroelectric power plant, thereby reducing its water consumption. The annual pv energy produced (1.5 GWh/y) is of the order of 1% of the annual hydropower production (135 GWh/y).
Operational performance of large PV systems connected to weak grid. Input of the tracking system to the EUCLIDES project (SE./0064/96/ES/UK).
Design and install. of a 1 MWp grid connected PV plant. The plant is complementing an existing hydroelectric station. Innovation is claimed for the link to the hydroelectric plant. To allow maximum power extraction from the pv plant, the power output of the hydroelectric plant is reduced when sun is available. The amount of the annually produced hydroelecity is not limited by the peak power of the installed generators but by the quantity of water, hence pv contribution is economical. The use of large modules, modular PV building blocks, and optimised array support structures are other innovative features.
Nr. subsystems : 3
Power subsysts. : 478 (fixed NUKEM), 423 (fixed BP) and 100 kWp
Total power : 1000 kWp
Backup : grid
Nr. of modules : 2112 NUKEM (216 Wp)+4704+1120 BP Solar (90 Wp) =7963 modules
Module descript : NUKEM and BP Solar
NUKEM, 2112 modules of type PP204 MC 216; MIS cell,10,7% module and 12% cell efficiency monocrystalline, new encapsulant, no frames, large area modules 1875 x 1090 mm, rated power 216Wp.
BP Solar: 4704 modules of type 495 on fixed system: new cell technology, 14.6% module and 17% cell efficiency. Monocristalline, 1190 x 560 mm, rated power 90 Wp.
1120 modules of the same type BP 495 on the tracking system.
Connection : Three sub-fields: 478, 423, 100 kWp. As many parallel units in series that 600 V are reached in operation, or 800 V as open circuit voltage.
Support : The 478-423 kWp subfields fixed on racks, 30 deg. from horizontal.
The 100 kWp subfield with north-south tracking, with a gain of 19% with respect to fixed mounting with optimum inclination.
Max. pwr. trcke : incorporated in the inverter
Chrg. controler : none
Battery : none
Inverter : for the fixed subfields: thyristor, line-commutated 450 kW units, type ENERTRON. for the tracking subsystem : high frequency transistor inverter with IGBT technology, 80 kW unit, type ENERTRON. Losses : below 6%. Inv. in (V) : 896, 840 and 420 V dc. Inv. out (V) : 800 V ac Inv. power (kW) : two 450 kW units, one 80 kW unit. Load descript. : Supplying the grid Monitoring : full analytical monitoring.

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UNION ELECTRICA FENOSA SA
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CAPITAN HAYA 53
28020 Madrid
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