Hybrid power plants are more and more becoming an integral part of the energy transition: The combination of PV and storage allows to harmonize generation with consumption, further the combination with wind allows to reduce costs by sharing infrastructure and taking advantage of the complementary generation profiles of sun and wind. The crucial point is a lack of appropriate policies to fully use the potential of hybrid power plants.
We wanted to know a bit more about the market development, obstacles and benefits of hybrid power plants, and therefore talked with Felipe Narbona.
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Felipe is Renewable Energy Engineer and works as Team Leader for Hybrid Energy Systems and Battery Storage at ABO Energy. He has been working as a Market Analyst and Project Engineer in the energy sector for different Chilean and German companies in the areas of gas, solar and hybrid.
ABO Energy plans and builds wind and solar farms, battery and hydrogen projects worldwide. For 25 years, ABO Energy’s in-house specialist departments have offered everything from a single source: from site assessment, planning, approval and financing to construction, grid connection, operational management and service. Securing a future worth living for future generations is what drives ABO Energy as its overriding goal. Renewables are their DNA.