A GRID CONNECTED AND INTEGRATED PV SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL BUIDINGS OF THE BARCELONA CITY HALL

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: SE.-00155-97

Project closed

Start date 1 December 1997

End date 1 June 2001

Funded under

• Specific programme for research and technological development, including demonstration in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1994-1998

Total cost € 1 273 585,00

EU contribution € 509 433,00

Coordinated by

BARCELONA CITY HALL
Spain

Objective

The aim is to provide :
1. An improvement in the integration of grid-connected PV systems in Buildings by using a lower cost, standard and normalised technology, developed within the framework of the Joule II contract n? JOU2-CT92-0046 (The mataro Public Library, MPL)
2. A significant demonstration in two buildings of the Barcelona City Hall located in the civic centre showing the possibility and viability of a PV electrical generation equivalent to 10 % of the electrical consumption of the three central City Hall buildings.

The innovative technology lies within the following points :
1.1 A powerful high-performance grid-connected PV system (100kwp) for buildings will be designed and constructed.
The improvement tasks will be focused on :
a) the improved connection between PV system and electrical grid.
b) the ventilation of multifunctional modules to decrease the temperature effects in PV cells, by using natural air buoyancy as well as the Venturi effect of forced air coming from the existing air renovation of offices, and
c) The effective cost reduction of the architectural integration of ventilated PV multifunctional modules into roofs.
1.2 A relevant PV demonstration in the City Hall of one of the most important European cities.
The co-ordinator (the Barcelona City Hall) is an important decision maker for the future of the PV development in buildings.
1.3 The use of PV systems in a new market context as it is the retrofitting of a historical city area.
1.4 The installation of PV buildings in a dense area of the city.

2. The proposed technology will be applied in buildings of the Barcelona civic center.

3. Economic aspects of the technology, i.e overcost compared to a conventional equipment, cost of energy produced is appropriate. In fact, assuming mean life of 25 years and energy investment of 204.000.000 Pta the cost of PV production is 58.3 Pta/kWh ($0.45/kWh) which is moderately lower than Swiss cost ($0.5/kWh) as it is referred by Atlantis and 3 times higher than the conventional Spanish costs.

4. A monitoring for electrical, meteorological and main thermal parameters will be installed.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

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• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electrical engineering › power engineering › electric power distribution
• humanities › other humanities › library sciences › public libraries
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › renewable energy › solar energy › photovoltaic

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Programme(s)

• FP4-NNE-THERMIE C - Specific programme for research and technological development, including demonstration in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 3.1 - PHOTOVOLTAIC

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

DEM - Demonstration contracts

Coordinator

BARCELONA CITY HALL

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: PLACA SANT JAUME 1 ; 08006 Barcelona ; Spain
• Total cost: No data