Frankfurt-listed
Phoenix
spent
20
months
installing
nearly
13,000
modules
and
SMA
central
inverters
on
the
grounds
of
the
King
Abdullah
Petroleum
Studies
and
Research
Center
(KAPARC),
under
construction
in
the
capital
city
of
Riyadh.
With
a
nameplate
capacity
of
3.5MW,
the
system
covers
55,000
sq
m
and
will
feed
an
estimated
5,800MWh
of
electricity
per
year
into
KAPARC’s
medium-voltage
grid.
Acknowledging
the
relative
paucity
of
industry
experience
building
PV
systems
in
desert
regions,
Phoenix
says
it
placed
the
PV
array
boxes
in
air-conditioned
inverter
building
with
an
eye
towards
improving
system
performance
and…