Vena Power says it has commissioned the biggest PV venture in Taiwan. It says its 272 MW E2 Photo voltaic Venture accounts for 4% of the island’s annual photo voltaic output.
Singapore-based renewables developer Vena Power, the corporate behind South Australia’s first large-scale photo voltaic farm and the primary large-scale battery to be constructed within the Australian state of Queensland, has commissioned its largest PV venture in Taiwan.
The E2 Photo voltaic Venture, constructed on 226 hectares of reclaimed coastal land in Taixi in southern Taiwan, is being inbuilt two phases, with the primary 134 MW part of the venture commissioned in March 2022. All the venture has roughly 680,000 photo voltaic panels with an put in capability of 272 MW, in a position to generate about 400 GWh of unpolluted vitality per yr which Vena says is as much as 4% of the full output of photo voltaic vitality in Taiwan, establishing it as a serious contributor to the nation’s transition to inexperienced vitality.
Vena Power Chief Government Officer Nitin Apte mentioned the E2 Photo voltaic Venture is the corporate’s largest working venture up to now and kinds a key a part of its plans to speed up the vitality transition throughout the Asia-Pacific.
“All the 35 GW of photo voltaic, onshore wind, offshore wind, battery storage and hybrid renewable vitality tasks working or in growth throughout the Asia-Pacific area are key to attaining the net-zero carbon emissions goal in 2050,” he mentioned. “Since 2015, now we have efficiently commissioned and operated seven photo voltaic photovoltaic tasks with a complete of 412 MW, and we’re happy to see Taiwan proceed to maneuver in the direction of the transformation of the vitality sector .”
Vena has additionally turned its focus to the Australian vitality market with the corporate indicating that it has some 6 GW of renewable vitality tasks deliberate right here.
The corporate, owned by the US-based funding fund International Infrastructure Companions (GIP), already operates the 97 MW Tailem Bend Photo voltaic Farm in South Australia, and is at present constructing the 85 MW second stage, with a 41.5 MW one hour vitality storage battery system constructed on website.
It just lately accomplished the 100 MW/150 MWh Wandoan South battery in Queensland and seems to be simply the primary part of the bigger Wandoan South Venture, which can finally contribute 650 MW of photo voltaic and 450 MW of vitality storage capability.
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