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• Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas and Wind To Power System (w2pS) have signed an exclusive partnership agreement consolidating their position in the market as technological frontrunners in the development and deployment of solutions in the renewable energy sector.   

• Both companies will join forces to provide a comprehensive ‘one stop shop’ solution that allows for the adaptation of photovoltaic (PV) power plants to the requirements of the Spanish legislation for Low Voltage Ride Through (LVRT) compensation.

Madrid,20.01.2012.- Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas and Wind To Power System (w2pS), respective leaders in the renewable energy sector and LVRT solutions, signed a partnership agreement today to supply an integrated solution for the adaptation of PV power plants to ensure maximum compliance with the new regulations on the response of PV plants to voltage dips.

The objective of this partnership is to bring together the capabilities of the two companies that together offer the most competitive solution for the requirements stated in Royal Decree 1565/2010, of 19^th November, relating to the mandatory requirements to adapt photovoltaic PV plants with power above 2 MW to comply with that provided in operational procedure O.P. 12.3 on the response to voltage dips.

Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas and w2pS distribute a turnkey integral solution that includes the design, engineering, legalisation, installation and the processing of the final certification of the power plant.

Both companies offer state-of-the-art technical and administrative added value which is a unique proposition in the market:

• Universal medium voltage system, independent of the number and type of inverters installed in the PV plant. It is connected in parallel with the substation of the power plant, not causing losses or affecting the performance of the power plant. As opposed to low voltage solutions, the maintenance required is minimal as it is a single system.
• Dynamic reactive power regulation, making it possible to obtain the maximum 4% bonus established in the current regulations.
• Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas and w2pS guarantee the adaptation and all administrative processes necessary to legalise the modification applied in the PV plant, together with the coordination of its final certification.

Roberto Fernández, CEO of Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas, stated: “we have a unique integrated solution guaranteeing compliance with the legislative requirements and, at the same time, simplifying the maintenance of the power plant and reducing the risk of faults. Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas has applied the solution in its own photovoltaic power plants ARSOL-1 and ARSOL-Toledo“.

In addition, David Tuohy, CEO of w2pS, stated: “We are proud to join forces with Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas. Having captured 40% market in Spain for LVRT compensation for wind we selected Aries as the best partner to realize our commercial goals for LVRT compensation in the solar sector”.

The collaboration between both companies constitutes a milestone in the renewable energy sector in Spain and responds to the legislative adaptation of solar power plants.