Attaching Solar Panels to Wind Turbine Towers

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The company has installed flexible organic photovoltaic modules in a wind turbine tower in the Breña Wind Farm (Albacete) to cover the consumption of the turbine’s auxiliary systems / The project will allow the testing of organic PV panels and their application to optimize the efficiency of wind power generation

The Energy Division of ACCIONA has developed a pioneering solution at global level in the field of hybridization between wind and photovoltaic power. It consists of covering a wind turbine tower with flexible organic panels to produce energy for the internal electricity consumption of the turbine. The innovative project will allow the study of the performance of the organic panels -an emerging photovoltaic technology- and their application to improve wind turbine... ... More: Official Press Release ACCIONA

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ACCIONA, turbine, tower, wind, solar, panel, testing, inverter, system, hybrid