DEPCOM Energy has launched Ciro One, Puerto Rico’s largest photo voltaic and battery power storage system (BESS).
“We’re honored to hitch our companions on this landmark venture for Puerto Rico,” says DEPCOM CEO Johnnie Taul. “Ciro One illustrates DEPCOM’s strengths in merging large-scale photo voltaic deployment, superior BESS experience and built-in EPC and O&M companies; constructing essential infrastructure for the group’s power future.”
Ciro One’s BESS will combine a lithium-titanate oxide battery, which delivers larger biking energy and decrease degradation than extra generally used lithium iron phosphate know-how, says the corporate.
The PV system, designed to resist hurricane-force winds, will function a decrease panel tilt angle and east/west row orientation. The inverter know-how consists of salt fog filters to mitigate the results of salinity on the system’s energy electronics.
As a pilot web site for agrovoltaics, Ciro One will use one of many PV arrays for demonstration and scalability for future implementation, and use sheep to handle quick rising vegetation. Moreover, DEPCOM has developed an answer to maintain the system secure within the occasion the grid goes down, by connecting the BESS to a PV array for energy provide as an alternative of utilizing diesel mills.
The venture is anticipated to provide sufficient power to energy 60,000 typical Puerto Rican houses, says DEPCOM, marking a step towards assembly Puerto Rico’s mandate of producing 100% of its electrical energy wants with renewable sources by 2050.
“This venture will strengthen our island’s power community at a scale that will get us nearer to assembly our renewable targets,” says Ciro Vitality Group president Mario Tomasini. “On the identical time, we’re maximizing the positioning’s potential by means of a multi-use method, integrating very important agriculture with solar energy era.”
DEPCOM will handle the set up of the 90 MW PV and 51.5 MW BESS amenities alongside developer accomplice Ciro Vitality Group and native subcontractor Lord Building. DEPCOM will even function and keep the hybrid system for a five-year interval.
The system, situated in Salinas, is anticipated to start operation by the top of subsequent 12 months.
