vacon case study: generating solar energy at a water treatment plant
DESCRIPTION
Aquiris, the Brussels-North wastewater treatment plant in Belgium, has installed a 3 MW solar energy plant on the roof of the plant. Equivalent in area to five football pitches, this is currently the largest solar park in the Brussels-Capital region.TRANSCRIPT
VACON CASE STUDY GENERATING SOLAR ENERGY AT A WATER TREATMENT PLANT
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GENERATING SOLAR ENERGY AT A WATER TREATMENT PLANT
CLIENT NAME: Green Invest (Aquiris, end client)SEGMENT: SolarPRODUCTS USED: VACON® 8000 SOLAR Multimaster LOCATION: Brussels, Belgium
VACON CASE STUDY GENERATING SOLAR ENERGY AT A WATER TREATMENT PLANT
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KEY FACTS OF END CLIENT: • Aquiris is a wastewater treatment plant which treats the 275 million litres of wastewater each day which is produced by the 1.4 million inhabitants of Brussels.• The plant is known around the world for its sludge treatment line.
VACON CASE STUDY GENERATING SOLAR ENERGY AT A WATER TREATMENT PLANT
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CHALLENGE: • Green Invest, an investment company in the environmental sustainability sector, provided EUR 6 million for a 3 MW solar energy plant to be installed on the roof of the wastewater treatment plant. • The water turbine, biogas production and solar energy plant together provide about 25% of the total electricity consumption of the plant.
VACON CASE STUDY GENERATING SOLAR ENERGY AT A WATER TREATMENT PLANT
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SOLUTION:• Vacon supplied three 1 MW VACON® 8000 SOLAR Multimaster inverters for the project.• Vacon’s Multimaster concept means that in an installation with several inverters, the inverters are controlled so that only the number required at any specific time are used, improving efficiency, reliability and grid stability.• VACON® 8000 SOLAR inverters also provide clean power, with total current harmonics of THDi < 3%. The inverters have a nominal output of 280 VAC, which is then fed into the solar plant’s grid via a MV transformer on the 11 kV grid at the customer’s site.
VACON CASE STUDY GENERATING SOLAR ENERGY AT A WATER TREATMENT PLANT
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TESTIMONIAL:“For Aquiris it was important that service and support are available quickly and locally if needed, as these factors also contribute to the overall efficiency of the solar power plant.”
Wim Vander KuylenTechnical Sales Engineer and responsible for the Aquiris project at Vacon Benelux
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