Featured in The Array Changers – 06-2015

Managing the big data of an EU giant

300 MW Cestas: Last month, pv magazine took a deep dive into the foundations of Europes largest PV plant, currently under construction in Cestas, France. With the plant using around one million modules, the monitoring component of the array is of crucial importance. Developer Neoen decided on relative newcomer QOS Energy on the project, and pv magazine went in search of why.

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Jonathan Gifford

02 Jun 2015

Few could say that the French PV market is similar to others in Europe or farther afield. Its steady growth has avoided the boom and bust and retroactive FIT changes that have taken place elsewhere in Europe, but changes to the large scale solar tender schedules and conditions have infuriated industry participants. Xavier Daval describes …

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