Germany has concluded a recent tender for innovative renewable energy projects. The exercise drew 158 bids with a total capacity of 2,020 MW. The authorities awarded 29 projects with a total capacity of 486 MW. All selected projects were for PV plants combined with energy storage.
[pdf] The world's first intelligent grid-forming photovoltaic and energy storage power station, tailored for ultra-high altitudes, low-temperatures and weak-grid scenarios, has been connected to the grid in Ngari prefecture, Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region.
[pdf] The installation, located in Urumqi in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, in the Gobi Desert of China, has 3.5 GW of generation capacity, and at present is the largest solar power installation worldwide. State-owned China Green Development Group (CGDG) is behind the project.
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