Kino Energia COO Rodolfo Garcia De La Cruz talks about the business’s procedures to enhance PV plant dependability by changing from main to string inverter innovation.
November 25, 2024
How has the switch to string inverters assisted Kino Energia to grow or get rid of any obstacles?
We have 3 solar plants, and similar to many solar plants, 80% of the issues originated from the inverters. Central inverter innovation traditionally has actually had a higher failure ratio than string inverters. Solar innovation is still establishing extremely quick, and brand-new items are launched frequently. This implies that items often are changed every number of years by a brand-new style. This in some cases causes that some items are established really quick, and there is minimal operation information throughout the item life time. Some items wind up being undependable, and enormous failures and/or low effectiveness appear. Sometimes, makers might even deal with issues in continuing their activity, which triggers a really major issue for solar plants to acquire extra parts that enable them to continue running with high accessibility.
This difficulty has actually likewise impacted Kino with some main inverters that we had on the initial PV plant style. We have to change the old inverters that we can not fix, and replace them with string inverters, which have actually been an extremely versatile and dependable option in the last numerous months. The switch to string inverters has actually assisted us a lot.
What particularly attracted you to Huawei’s innovations and services for your photovoltaic jobs?
We selected Huawei due to the fact that it has among the very best string inverter innovations on the marketplace, with terrific abilities and a really low failure ratio. That is what we anticipate as owners of a PV plant. The ease of the replacement of any inverter. You can do the restorative upkeep in practically 24 hours. You can replace one inverter for another really rapidly, without compromising a great deal of accessibility in the plant. Huawei’s aftercare service is excellent, so we are really pleased to have actually selected their string inverter innovation.
What kinds of things impact the roi of your solar plants, and how have you worked to enhance the roi?
We have actually been plainly impacted by failures on the primary devices, specifically on inverters. This triggers a boost in the functional expense and a reduction in energy earnings. In attempting to resolve this, we are executing a strategy with various procedures to attempt to decrease the existing failure ratio. We likewise need to fix all the devices that is practical for fixing. Devices that we can not fix is being changed with Huawei innovation. Just recently, Kino has actually produced a technical workplace that plays a crucial function in comprehending these points and attempts to handle these concerns in the most effective method possible.
Kino Energia COO Rodolfo Garcia De La Cruz
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