Featured in Supersized Solar – 05-2015

China adopting intelligent PV plants

China: With the rapid build out of utility-scale solar in China, concerns about quality have circulated through the industry. It appears the second phase of growth may be heading in a different direction with intelligent controls being adopted to reduce O&M costs. pv magazine visits one such array and finds that it could form the vanguard of a new large-scale trend.

Last month, major Chinese PV plant investor and operator Huanghe Hydropower Development Co. made a major claim about one of its projects. In a press release the company said one of its recently finished and connected PV power plants is the most advanced smart PV power plant ever built by the industry. Combined with both …

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