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IN BRIEF Mobisol in
partnership with IoT Mobisol of Germany has
partnered with US -based IoT solutions company Aeris with the aim of improving remote monitor- ing and pay-as-you-go (PAYG) capability for its residential and commercial off-grid solar installa- tions. Mobisol’s solar PV systems will be
linked with Aeris’s carrier-agnostic IoT connection in off-grid areas where connectivity is unreliable, the company said, allowing for real-time data capture and making remote monitoring more reliable. In addition, Aeris will assist Mobisol
with its recently launched PAYG software platform. Mobisol’s off-grid power offering includes residential and commercial solar home systems from 80-200 W as well as a range of solar-powered devices, including PV-powered home appliances, chargers and tools. Its current focus is on the off-grid markets in Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania. It says that, as of 2017, it has brought power to 500,000 people and is aiming for 20 million by 2023.
Whitbread group enhances solar
investment Whitbread, the UK’s largest hotel
company, has plan to install rooftop solar PV systems on 70 hotels. The installations arwe part of an established programme PV systems have been fitted to 88 of its popular Premier Inns across the country between 2013 and 2015. With the new systems in place, around 20% of the UK’s 750 Premier Inns will feature solar panels. Anesco, the company designing and managing the installations, the new installations will have a combined capacity of over 1.6 MW, raising the total installed solar capacity on Premier Inn sites to over 3 MW. The installations are expected to
be completed by the Autumn 2018, adding that the complete solar port- folio will be monitored for efficiency by its in-house O&M service.
A project has been launched in the
Netherlands to study the potential for electric vehicles (EVs) to act as energy storage for office buildings. Three major companies are backing the
resarch programme involved: Hitachi Europe Ltd, Mitsubishi Motors and Engie. As part of the project, a vehicle-to-
everything (V2X) charger has been linked to Engie’s office building in Zaandam. The charger, provided by Hitachi, allows for
A building’s greatest power source could be the car of the future, suggests consortium
bi-directional charging between the electric car battery and the building or power grid. It is connected to the building’s energy supply and, when the building produces more solar power than it needs, the surplus is stored in the car battery. The stored energy can be discharged back into the grid when needed. Hans Boot, chief operating officer at
Engie Services Netherlands, comments:“This charger exceeds smart charging as we know it and is basically the first real ‘smart grid charger.” Mitsubishi Motors is contributing its Outlander PHEV SUV to the project to serve as an energy storage centre. For the next stage of the project, the
partners will look into how EVs, renewable energy and building energy management systems can work in concert to make buildings energy neutral. According to the announcement,
vehicle-to-building (V2B) technology can play a key role in reducing carbon emissions globally.
CooperÖstlund completes peaking plant CHP installation
Leading gas engine specification and maintenance services provider, Coop- erÖstlund, has completed its first UK peaking plant installation. The project saw three, 2.7MW combined heat and power (CHP) gas engines installed at a site in rural Derbyshire. CooperÖstlund joined the project
halfway through after poor planning and incorrect engine installation from another contractor delayed completion consider- ably. This meant the site was still in development nearly eight months after the start date. With a quick turnaround essential, CooperÖstlund turned months of stagnation into activity and progress.. The engines were quickly removed, floor and engine cell levelled, followed by a full
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re-install, allowing the site to be commis- sioned and set live immediately. Now fully operational, the plant is running at optimum efficiency – generating more than 8.1MWe energy to support the National Grid in times of peak demand. Speaking about the project, Stuart Cooper, director at CooperÖstlund, commented: “When it comes to CHP engine installation, it doesn’t pay to cut corners. In this instance, it doubled costs and lengthened timescales considerably. “Fortunately, we were appointed just in time to rescue the project – which had struggled to get off the ground and was draining resources. Thanks to our team’s expertise, it was possible to quickly cor- rect mistakes and ensure commissioning could be completed just a few weeks.”
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