A new wave of renewable energy emerges with hybrid wind, solar, and storage Projects. Due to the fact that solar and wind power is intermittent and unpredictable in nature, higher penetration of their types in existing power system could cause and create high technical challenges especially to weak grids or stand-alone systems without proper and enough storage capacity. By integrating the two renewable resources into an optimum combination, the impact of the variable nature of solar and wind resources can be partially resolved and the overall system becomes more reliable and economical to run.New projects combining wind, solar, and energy storage at a single site are emerging as a major trend in the global transition to renewable energy. Many projects hope to achieve 24/7 renewable energy output, using the complimentary generation profiles of solar and wind. Wind power is typically most productive during the night and solar only produces during the day, combining both resources with energy storage allows project developers to maximize the revenue generation from a given amount of land and grid interconnection.These hybrid plants are designed to act as a single supply of clean megawatt-hours, with average capacity factors far higher than individual solar or wind plants. However, to achieve these goals, sites need adequate wind and solar resources, enough land, and available transmission capacity. While those three conditions will not exist everywhere, the growing number of new projects is demonstrating the viability of this model.This Masterclass provides a comprehensive knowledge of challenges and opportunities / solutions of hybrid solar PV and wind energy integration systems. Voltage and frequency fluctuation, and harmonics are major power quality issues for both grid-connected and stand-alone systems with bigger impact in case of weak grid. This can be resolved to a large extent by having proper design, project planning and good optimization of the hybrid systems along with appropriate engineering and operational practice.

The growing need for an uninterrupted power supply with a substantial increase in power demand throughout the world is driving the global RE Energy Storage system market. The global growth in industrial development activity and urbanization is making a path for the RE Energy Storage market. However, high capital investments are restraining the market. The design and engineering of a rooftop-scale battery storage system is for many companies new territory and definitely linked to many new challenges. Especially for companies that are not well experienced in the field of battery storage. Masterclass on design optimisation, engineering & construction of solar energy-storage projects will provide our attendee a fundamental outlook on setting up new projects as well as adding storage facility to already operational projects. This masterclass will enable you and your colleagues to work with energy storage technologies, to develop projects and to perform technical as well as economic assessment. This Masterclass will enable the audience to examine and implement storage from an economic and technical perspective. It has been designed to evaluate different energy storage technologies, identifying profitable niches for storage, and learn how to set up a storage facility for a rooftop solar project.

Who should attend?

This course is intended for professionals wishing to obtain expert knowledge of combined renewable energy + storage projects. The audience includes IPPs, EPCs & Financial Institutions. OEMs, Policymakers, Utilities, and other professionals will also benefit from this technical and commercial knowledge of energy storage and renewable sector.

On 18 July 2020 at 3pm (IST), SolarQuarter is happy to present this online Project Master’s Series on Floating Solar Floatovoltaics (FPV) Project Design, Engineering & Construction.

Installing solar power systems on water bodies is an emerging trend in the energy transition, especially in geographies with limited land availability. Floating solar photovoltaics, or FPV, are an emerging concept that make use of a portion of surface water bodies for siting grid-tied solar energy systems. As PV system prices fall and reliability improves, there is more and more pressure to find suitable sites for grid-tied centralized systems, especially in areas where land use is a critical restraint, and FPV offers an attractive alternative to land-based systems.

This master class will provide an overview by FPV experts of recent work that has been done to assess the FPV potentials, and testing of system concepts, and present examples of successful projects already in place. This class will last for 2 hours and include presentations from domain experts on the topic of floating solar photovoltaics and will also include a cumulative 20 min Q/A session for the audience!

Navigating the solar energy project documentation process can be time-consuming and costly. Constructing and operating a power plant or any other infrastructure facility requires a number of contracts with all stakeholders. They don’t just document the legal structure. Contracts are also an essential part of a risk mitigation strategy. With the increase in number of projects being executed and contracts being awarded, it is extremely important to understand and manage the commercial, taxation and legal challenges associated with these projects. With this background, we bring to you the next edition of this extremely focused knowledge series.

Topics covered will include standard forms of contract, negotiation, contract management and dispute resolution. This masterclass is aimed at those who are interested in acquiring a detailed understanding of how to negotiate solar energy legal and taxation issues, what the clauses are for and how you can best use them together with the knowledge of the legal, commercial and taxation environment which facilitates such a process. This course is delivered by combining a substantive industry understanding together with a practitioner’s perspective.