You think your solar system is big? Add another 5 million panels!

[SoggyShoes]

Apparently China just switched on a new solar farm with over 5,260,000 panels that will be a 3.5 gigawatt operation.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/worlds-largest-solar-plant-featuring-083000242.html

Go ahead and figure out solar charge controllers for that one!

 

[timselectric]

Utility scale solar farms are grid-tied PV.
No batteries, so no charge controllers.
But, they are very cool.

 

[SoggyShoes]

Utility scale solar farms are grid-tied PV.
No batteries, so no charge controllers.
But, they are very cool.

I was just trying to make a joke because it seems everyone who gets some panels asks.

 

[wattmatters]

This one in the US combines 875 MW PV with 3.3 GWh of battery:

US now has world’s largest solar and energy storage project

The project is partly located on the Edwards Air Force Base in Kern County, California, home to many other large solar projects in the US.

interestingengineering.com

Satellite imagery:

Solar and Batteries Go Big in the Desert

A chart-topping solar-plus-storage project in the Mojave became fully operational in January 2024.

earthobservatory.nasa.gov

Those rows of white dots on the left are part of a wind farm.

 

[time2roll]

I hope the many bulldozers, that will be needed when the sand shifts, are fully electric powered.....

 

[fatjay]

There must be some logic to it, but it really looks like they just dropped a bunch of panels from an airplane and rolled with where ever they landed.

 

[SoggyShoes]

This one in the US combines 875 MW PV with 3.3 GWh of battery:

3.3 GWh of batteries? Holy crap!
What kind of batteries/cells do they use for that? If they used cells like us, wouldn't that be like 3.6 million cells? What kind of voltage and BMS do you use for that?

 

[Suijkerbuijk]

Drijvende zonnepanelen | TNO

Drijvende zonnepanelen op binnenwateren en de zee dragen bij aan de energietransitie. Wij onderzoeken de mogelijkheden.

www.tno.nl

The Netherlands go in the future more.
We gone use the north sea for it.
45 GWp in sea

Link in Google Chrome and hit translate
To read all.

Small.part translate see attach files.

 

[SoggyShoes]

Drijvende zonnepanelen | TNO

Drijvende zonnepanelen op binnenwateren en de zee dragen bij aan de energietransitie. Wij onderzoeken de mogelijkheden.

www.tno.nl

The Netherlands go in the future more.
We gone use the north sea for it.
45 GWp in sea

Link in Google Chrome and hit translate
To read all.

Small.part translate see attach files.

Interesting. You would think that instead of just building rafts with solar made to withstand big waves, they would incorporate wave energy into the system.

 

[Suijkerbuijk]

Interesting. You would think that instead of just building rafts with solar made to withstand big waves, they would incorporate wave energy into the system.

We have try somting like that .
See link.

Kansen getijdenenergie in Nederland - Zelf Energie Produceren

Getijdenenergie is een vorm van waterkracht, waarbij het hoogteverschil tussen eb en vloed energie oplevert. Wat zijn de kansen?

www.zelfenergieproduceren.nl

Translation with Google Chrome.

Indonesië use solar panels on water to.
Not that strange we have good connection with Indonesië

And here you see how things are connected.
Really easy use of a systeem.

 

[740GLE]

Utility scale solar farms are grid-tied PV.
No batteries, so no charge controllers.
But, they are very cool.

Still need inverters that have MPPT and lots of them, figure what 1000v-1500v VOC rated?

What’s the highest voltage utility grade inverter are happy with without getting carried away with insulation of the PV panel leads?

 

[timselectric]

Still need inverters that have MPPT and lots of them, figure what 1000v-1500v VOC rated?

What’s the highest voltage utility grade inverter are happy with without getting carried away with insulation of the PV panel leads?

Probably 1500v
At least for now.