Vergnet has seen the scale of wind capacity increase on a solar and hybrid farm on an island in the Pacific Ocean it has been commissioned to build.
The French company started the solar project farm in the Republic of Kiribati, on the island of Tarawa in October. It was originally planned that it would deliver 400kWp but this has increased to 500kWp, supplying the island with 870MWh of energy and saving 290,000 litres of diesel a year.
Vergnet used its patented Hybrid Wizard, which provides a secure electricity supply for remote locations, to increase renewable energy penetration into existing diesel systems.
It features a real time instantaneous feedback loop between the controllers and generator so users know how much the grid can accept and maximise penetration accordingly.
The power generated from the solar project is exported to the local public utility board’s grid.
This is Vergnet’s second project with developer Masdar, an Abu Dhabi renewable energy company. They previously delivered Samoa’s first wind farm.
Vergnet has installed approximately 43MW of wind and solar power throughout the Pacific region in areas including Samoa, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia and Japan.
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