Best of Both Worlds: Combining Wind and Solar

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A wind and solar photovoltaic hybrid demonstrator has recently been installed at an EDPR wind farm in Cádiz, Spain. The initiative is part of EDPR’s R&D strategy and Vestas’ increasing efforts to offer sustainable energy solutions that meet customers’ increasing need to balance energy supply with grid demand.

EDP Renewables (EDPR), a global leader in the renewable energy sector and one of the world’s largest wind energy producers, and Vestas, the global leader in wind energy, have built a turbine-coupled hybrid demonstrator with solar at the Janda III wind farm in Cádiz. The hybrid demonstrator is a combination of an existing Vestas V112-3.0 MW turbine and 372 kW of a new solar photovoltaic (PV). The PV power is fed to the turbine as direct current, which is then... ... More: Official Press Release Vestas

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Vestas, EDPR, wind, solar, hybrid, demonstrator, Spain