Objetivo Almost all stand-alone PV plants are equipped with battery storage systems. Batteries are expencive and heavy, have a comparatively short life expectance and need permanent monitoring and maintenance. Experience with PV installations show that for those complex systems battery monitoring and maintenance can not be guarantteed in remote areas. This leads to the demand of PV plants with reliable energy storage system at remote site e.g. in villages far from electricity network. The main objectives of the project are the following: To develop and install a standalone PV plant with an optimum combination of centralised and decentralised PV generator for energy supply of remote villages. Different concepts shall be elaborated and evaluated from the technical and non-technical standpoint. The efficient use of water as energy storage will be examined as an innovative alternative to battery storage. Due to the multi-use capability of pumped water storage duration, water is an ideal energy storage medium for remote areas in Europe. Furthermore it is a continiuous clean and environmental compatible energy storage. Water energy storage allows to meet the needs and capabilities of the population(no sophisticated equipment like batteries) causing higher acceptance. The expected results mainly concern the following: Development of a mathematical model for optimum PV plant design using pumped water as energy storage. This model will be validated with data taken from PV plant installation(s) that use water as energy storage The technical difficulties of a complicated installation will be confronted in-situ and the effectiveness of solar collection, storage and use of solar power will be examined. Programa(s) IC-PECO/COPERNICUS - Scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and European non-member countries, 1992- Tema(s) 03 - CEEC participation in NON-NUCLEAR ENERGY (JOULE II) programme Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinador Engineering and Computing Applications SA Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 89,Kallistratou Street 15771 Athens Grecia Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (4) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Chequia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 2,Technicka 2 616 69 BRNO Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Gödöllö University of Agricultural Sciences Hungría Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 1,Pater K. utca 2103 Gödöllo Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Higher Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Bulgaria Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 4,Hadgi Dimitar str. 5300 Gabrovo Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Rumanía Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 313,Splaiul Unirii 313 73204 BUCURESTI Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos