Objective
Tourism development in the Alpes de Haute Provence by pv electrification of refuges and by illumination of information points.
Three small mountain refuges for walkers are equipped with pv electrification: two refuges, which are unattented, provide only lighting, the third one; attented in summer, has also a water pump and a radio telephone.
23 illuminated information points are erected along the roads. The information points contain information on road conditions and local tourist attractions and services; all are illuminated by pv systems.
Nr. subsystems : 3 + 23
Power subsys. : 2 x 50 + 1 x 300 + 11 x 100 + 12 x 200 Wp
Total power : 3.9 kWp
Backup : none
Nr. of modules : 78
Module descript. : To be selected (PHOTOWATT ?, TOTAL ENERGIE?)
Connection : 2 in series (24 V), 1, 2 or 3 parallel strings. (For two of the refuges just one module).
Support : on the roofs and on top of the information poles
Max. pwr. trcker : none
Chrg. controler : data not available
Battery : lead-acid
Batt. Capacity (Ah) : 105 Ah
Inverter : none
Inv. in (V) :
Inv. out (V) :
Inv. power (kW) :
Load descript. : Fluo lights. One water pump and one radio-telephone.
Monitoring : global monitoring on three refuges and on three information points.
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DEM - Demonstration contractsCoordinator
04000 DIGNE
France