Objective
To demonstrate and promote the use of small standardised PV systems for rural electrification in remote sites. In particular, to promote the use of an intelligent PV system controller which can be used by Installers to facilitate a "guarantee of results", and which incorporates a tool card " by which the user can pay for a maintenance contract.
A total of 60 sites in the Alpes Maritimes area of France and in the nearby region of Italy will be fitted with PV generators. More than half of the sites will use both lighting and refrigerators, six sites will also employ small water pumps and 20 sites will be fitted with small inverters to provide power at 220 Vac. Also, 3 deep well pumps will each be powered by 1600 Wp PV generators.
A particularly innovative feature of this project is the "SUNPAC" Controller, which will be fitted to all sites with more than 400 Wp (ie: 28 sites). This will incorporate a special card which must be purchased by the user to pay for system maintenance. Each card will be programmed to allow the system to work for a given time period, after which the system will stop until a new card has been inserted
Nr. of subsystems : 60
Power of subsystems : 5x50 Wp, 10xlOO Wp, 11x200 Wp, 12x300 Wp, 7x400 Wp, 7x600 Wp, 3x800 Wp, lxlOOO Wp, lx1300 Wp.
Total power : 20.6 kWp
Backup : None
Nr. of modules : 412
Module Description : Photowatt PWX 500
Connection : Generally two in series (24V)
Support : on roofs and on structures of alpine refuges
Max. Power Tracker : None
Charge control : SUNPAC for the larger systems (>300 Wp, TOTAL ENERGY regulator for the smaller systems.
Battery : data not yet available
Inverter : 20 small inverters: Data not yet available
Load Description : Lighting, refrigeration and water pumping
Monitoring : Global monitoring using SUNPAC controller
with integral data acquisition system.
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DEM - Demonstration contractsCoordinator
13241 Marseille Cedex
France