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On August 15, Tsumkwe, a small village in Northern Namibia, was able to receive its first, around-the-clock electricity supply in three years thanks to a hybrid solar system completed by juwi Solar. The 200kW system, consisting of a 1MW battery storage unit and three integrated diesel generators, is believed to be one of Africa’s largest off-grid solar systems and supplies Tsumkwe’s public buildings and 100 private households with electricity.
AEG Power Solutions, a subsidiary of 3W Power, has completed its first ecopx hybrid power station located in New Caledonia.
The residents of the Tibetan Plateau will soon benefit from a 10MW solar photovoltaics installation currently under development by Suntech. Located in the Chek Kang village in Sangri County in the Shannan Prefecture of Tibet, the solar system, at approximately 4,000 meters above sea level, will be one of the highest on earth.
Switzerland’s meeco Group will install an off-grid PV system on a cattle ranch in Paraguay. The 4kW system will help to offset increasing diesel prices in South America by generating 6,000 kWh of electricity a year for the Región Occidental-based ranch.
Soltec Renewable Energies and Shikun & Binui Solaria are set to build a 6.7MW solar power plant in the disused copper mines of Timna Valley in southern Israel.
The exotic animals and plants at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden will soon be vying for visitor attention with a new attraction – America’s largest publicly accessible urban solar panel array.
Spanish solar panel manufacturer, Isofoton, has revealed plans to install solar power units at 300 schools in Rwanda, Africa. The project will cost the company around US$7.5 million.
Kyocera has installed two of the world’s largest off-grid solar power systems in the Gobi Desert. The projects will see the remotely-situated Mongolian villages of Gobi-Altai and Bayantooroi serviced installations with a combined power 305.1kW.
Construction work on New Zealand’s largest off-grid solar power system is underway. The Motutapu Island project is being managed by the Department of Conservation and will generate at least 65,000kWh annually.
Schneider Electric’s off-grid 1.4kW facility has been providing the Madagascan town of Marovato, and its 120 residents, with a reliable electricity supply for the past year and a half.
