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Undisputed value on contested island

Island PV applications have long demonstrated their value as cheaper, cleaner replacements for diesel fuel. Solar has also been integrated with energy storage, making living laboratories for renewable microgrids. And as Vladislav Vorotnikov discovers, in Russia’s far eastern island territories, solar applications are even progressing into disputed regions.

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pv magazine

07 Mar 2022

Image: : DalEnergoInvest

Russian power generation company DalEnergoInvest has completed construction of the first solar plant on Iturup Island in the Russian far east. The company now hopes to make the facility fully operational by the end of February, according to Dmitry Pak, CEO of DalEnergoInvest. Iturup is a part of the Kuril Islands – an archipelago stretching …

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