Central or string inverter 25MW
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Whatever you did, that's what you planned.
If that is the case then this isn't the place for you. You should working with one of the below firms.
Solar Guppy
Red Cobra Guppy
Just for informational purposes, Solis has single unit string inverters that go up to 350Kw a unit, very compact and have all the features for remote monitoring and control. You want to have a distributed architecture not a single point of failure and these large units are used in solar farms in the USA.
https://www.solisinverters.com/global/inverter.html and https://www.solisinverters.com/global/solarinverter25/S6-GU350K-EHV_gl.html
https://www.solisinverters.com/global/inverter.html and https://www.solisinverters.com/global/solarinverter25/S6-GU350K-EHV_gl.html
Shivam32193
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Why you getting personal
Shivam32193
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Thankyou
It really depends on your layout; in the US string inverters are often used with single axis trackers for one row. Central inverters are going to have a lot of DC combiners and cabling at 1.5kV which can get unwieldy for maintenance.
For very large projects (>200MW) the central inverters are more easily justified.
Shivam32193
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Thankyou
timselectric
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25 million watt grid scale solar.
Diy solar people.
These are not the droids you are looking for.
Diy solar people.
These are not the droids you are looking for.
TomC4306
Solar Obsessive
Look at the name of this forum.
D I Y = Do It Yourself.
It seems to ME that you are asking on the wrong forum.
You say you're designing a utility scale solar project but asking pretty basic foundational questions in your post.
Do they have Google in India?
No, but they have a lot of help desk call centers…
He could probably try one of those.
DIYrich
Solar Wizard
But he would have to call a USA number to get a help center in India.
DIYrich
Solar Wizard
Seems like the difference between "string" and "central" is whether it is "end-user" (string), or "utility scale" (central). They both take "strings" and convert to AC. But, if you build a solar farm near a high voltage DC power line, you could tap into that, and avoid the AC Conversion loss.
End-user inverters have functions and end-user would want (230v in India, battery, off-grid, etc.).
Utility scale is designed for one thing: Pump 800v power to the transmission line. Although, newer systems may add battery storage and other grid stabilizing features (look more like a spinning generator than intermittent power). I think they are looking into utility scale batteries to provide "black start" capabilities to restart a collapsed grid rather than equipment dedicated to providing black start capabilitiy.
Right tool for the right job.
End-user inverters have functions and end-user would want (230v in India, battery, off-grid, etc.).
Utility scale is designed for one thing: Pump 800v power to the transmission line. Although, newer systems may add battery storage and other grid stabilizing features (look more like a spinning generator than intermittent power). I think they are looking into utility scale batteries to provide "black start" capabilities to restart a collapsed grid rather than equipment dedicated to providing black start capabilitiy.
Right tool for the right job.
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wpns
Solar Joules are catch and release
Well, given that the previous request for exactly the same thing, with an undefined description of what was meant, was a school project, and given the that the OP seems to also have no idea about solar power systems, much less grid-scale, it felt like another class assignment. Either way, not the appropriate forum, though learning about the basics is the same.
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