Isle Of Wight 1.6MW PV Plant Up And Running
One of the Isle of Wight's largest solar power plants
near Newport is completed. The Isle of Wight, located off the southern coast of
Britain, has few conventional power plants and also receives its electricity
from the main land. So the new solar power plant will make a valuable
contribution in supplying the electricity grid on the island. The ground mount
installation with an output of 1.6 MWp consists of 80 strings with 88 solar
modules each. Each string is equipped with a SunMaster CS20 inverter from
Mastervolt. This makes the plant one of the largest systems with string
inverters in Britain.
"The Isle of Wight has long been an important location
for Mastervolt: Many of the yachts cruising the magnificent sailing resorts
around the island use our independent power supply systems. After all,
Mastervolt is the global market leader for these systems. Being able to
implement our largest British photovoltaic project to date on the Isle of Wight
makes us particularly proud," says David Craig, General Manager, Mastervolt UK
and Ireland.
The solar power plant has its own 33,000V transformer for
grid feed-in. The plant was planned and constructed with Mastervolt's support.
Even though plants of this size often use central inverters, the plant owner
opted for string inverters to provide high availability and redundancy in the design.
This decision was driven by the high efficiency of the SunMaster CS20, the IP65
housing for weather-resistant open-air mounting and its suitability for the LDK
solar modules used.
