August 08, 2013
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Energy & Renewables Newsletter August 08, 2013 |
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Balance of Systems components costs in USA still higher than Germany
At a recent PV Insider webinar on reducing costs in the balance of systems in the USA it was revealed that the world’s second largest utility-scale PV market continues to suffer from higher prices for key components compared to Germany, in spite of much larger growth in utility-scale PV. These higher prices are seriously hampering PV’s competitiveness against other fuels and may be a major stumbling block to making PV more competitive. According to data collected by Paula Mints at SPV Market Research, the costs for wiring and hardware are almost double those of Germany with an average ... | ||
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Siemens drives innovative use of regenerative energy sources
Together with the Technical University of Dresden and the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich, Siemens has carried out research work into a highly efficient and robust medium-voltage converter for feeding electrical energy into power supply grids. The insights gained were successfully implemented within the scope of the research project funded by Germany‘s Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF) on the basis of a demonstrator, and will be incorporated into the next generation of products. Converters feeding into the grid based on power electronics are the key to efficient ... | ||
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