Objective
To demonstrate the feasability of pv equipment for various applications in scattered urban areas with high grid connection costs. To promote the development and diffusion of pv equipment.
No outstanding technical results were obtained; by and large the operation is satisfactory.
The specific investment cost were high : 42 ECU/Wp.
Lessons learned can be summarized as follows :
- Proper maintenance of such installations is vital. This maintenance should be made by the same people, that do the traditional maintenance of public lighting.
- The pv lighting is rather adequate for temporary installations during the phase when conventional electrification is not yet available.
67 different pv applications with a total installed power of 7.
5 kWp in different fields of application (lighting for public areas , telephone boxes and traffic lights are installed. In details : 36 pv lamps on public areas of type "road"=type I : 36 W.
26 of type "footpath = type II : 18 W.
2 lights for 2 telephone boxes, 3 flashing traffic lights.
Nr. subsystems : 67
Power subsys. : 3*40 + 2*80 + 26*90 + 36*135 Wp = 7480 Wp.
Total power : 7. 5 kWp
Backup : none
Nr. of modules : about 120
Module descrip. : PHOTOWATT BPX 451 A (45 Wp). Policristalline; 1042 * 462 mm. (EQUINOXE module 24 Wp for traffic lights).
Connection : 3 parallel for type I, 2 parallel for type II.
Support : On the lamp poles (specially designed) or integrated in the telephone boxes.
Max. pwr. trcker : none
Chrg. controller : Existing : data not available
Battery : 12 V, OLDHAM
Batt. (Ah) : Type I : 150 Ah (at 100 h), Type II : 105 Ah ( at 100 h)
Batt. (kWh) : Type I : 1. 8 kWh Type II : 1.3 kWh.
Inverter : None
Load descrpt. : Fluorescent lamps.
Monitoring : Visual inspection of lamps and traffic lights.
Irradiance measurement below road lamps to check for ageing. Only one lamp has been monitored continuously in 1991. (Acquitel 24 data logger : irradiance; power generated; battery balance; total used energy.
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06560 Valbonne
France
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