石油设备网讯 据TradeArabia网阿布扎比3月29日消息 阿布扎比未来能源公司和澳大利亚南极部(AAD)最近在澳大利亚南极站安装了首个太阳能电池板系统。
该太阳能装置将在南半球夏季为凯西研究站提供高达30千瓦的电力，该研究站位于南极圈外的风车群岛的文森斯湾。
该项目旨在减少对柴油的依赖，这是澳大利亚南极科考站的首个太阳能电池阵列，由AAD的南极破冰船“南极光号”每年从塔斯马尼亚州霍巴特起航，航程3443公里。
马斯达尔的首席执行官Al Ramahi表示:“作为可再生能源的全球领导者，马斯达尔很荣幸与AAD合作，将我们在清洁能源方面的专业知识从阿联酋炎热的沙漠带到南极寒冷的沙漠。当我们努力实施实用能源解决方案时，根据南极条约体系支持气候变化和环境保护研究。”
来自德国公司Aleo Solar的太阳能光伏电池板经过精心设计，能够抵御地球上最冷的大陆南极的极端天气条件，那里的风速可达300公里/小时，平均温度范围为-10度摄氏度到-60摄氏度，取决于一年中的时间。
太阳能光伏板从德国运往塔斯马尼亚州的霍巴特，并于2018年12月由奥罗拉澳大利亚从那里运往凯西。经过马斯达尔和凯西技术团队的大量模拟后，决定将太阳能电池板安装在位于凯西“绿色商店”建筑北面立面的垂直位置。
澳大利亚南极分部主任Kim Ellis表示，这些面板的特殊安装将在最大的太阳能增益和风的稳定性之间取得平衡，并确保面板易于安装，使用和维护。
他表示，这个由105块太阳能电池板组成的系统将为空间站提供约10%的能源需求。
Ellis表示:“这是澳大利亚南极科考站的第一个太阳能电池阵列，也是南极洲最大的太阳能电池阵列之一。”这将减少凯西站对柴油发电机的依赖，降低燃料成本和排放，并在需求高峰期提高该站的产能。
吴慧丹 摘译自TradeArabia
原文如下：
Masdar installs solar panel system at AAD station
Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, and the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) recently installed the first solar panel system at an Australian Antarctic station.
The solar installation will provide up to 30 kW of electric power to the Casey research station, located on Vincennes Bay in the Windmill Islands, just outside the Antarctic Circle, during the Austral summer months.
The aim of the project, which is the first solar array providing power to an Australian Antarctic research station, is to reduce the reliance on diesel fuel, which is delivered yearly by the AAD’s Antarctic icebreaker, the Aurora Australis, from Hobart, Tasmanaia – a journey of 3,443km.
Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, chief executive officer of Masdar, said: “As a global leader in renewable energy, Masdar is honoured to collaborate with the AAD to bring our expertise in clean energy from the hot deserts of the UAE to the cold desert of Antarctica as we strive to implement practical energy solutions, support research on climate change and environmental protection in line with the Antarctic Treaty System.”
The solar PV panels, sourced from German company Aleo Solar, have been built to withstand extreme weather conditions in the Antarctic, the coldest continent on earth, where katabatic wind speeds can reach nearly 300 km/h and the average temperature ranges from -10 degrees Celsius to -60 degrees Celsius depending on the time of year.
The solar PV panels were shipped from Germany to Hobart, Tasmania, and from there to Casey by the Aurora Australis in December 2018. After extensive simulations conducted by Masdar and the technical team at Casey, it was decided that the solar panels would be mounted in a vertical position on the northern façade of Casey’s “green store” building.
Australian Antarctic Division director Kim Ellis said the special mounting of the panels would strike a balance between maximum solar gain and stability in the wind, as well as ensuring the panels were easy to install, access and maintain.
He said the system of 105 solar panels would provide about 10 per cent of the station’s total energy demand.
“This is the first solar power array at an Australian Antarctic research station and amongst the largest in Antarctica,” Ellis said. “It will reduce Casey station’s reliance on diesel generators for electricity, cutting fuel costs and emissions, as well as boosting the station’s capacity in peak demand periods.
