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PV GENERATORS ON ISLANDS OF BRITTANY AND CORSICA

Objective

The project is to install 40 PV plants sites on small islands around the french coast. The sites are small homes/farms, nature reserves and tourist centres. Total module size is 38000 Wp.
The twelve systems installed in 1991 continue to operate. In 1993 the system of "Ile-verte" was increased from 8 to 28 modules. Data logger systems (SUNPAC, with local data collection) have been installed on 9 of the operating systems. On the "Ile Saint Rion" system a TBC NAPAC system with data transmission by telephone modem has been installed.
In 1994 due to financial difficulties of the contractor :
no further systems could be installed
no monitoring data could be collected and
no final report could be written.
The project has been cancelled.
The systems sizes range beteeen 192 Wp (4 modules) and 3264 Wp (68 modules). Some systems provide 24 V DC and some provide both, 24 V DC and 220 V AC. Applications include domestic lighting and power, water desalination and pumping, and communications.
Innovation is claimed for the variety of applications. Some systems include PV, wind and diesel generators but this project involves financing only PV systems. Annual PV energy output is 25000 kWh.
Nr. of subsystems : 42
Power subsys. : from 192 to 3264 Wp
Total power : 38048 Wp
Backup : none, wind and Diesel
Nr. of modules : 816
Module description : PHOTOWATT, 536 modules type BPX 47500 (12 V, 46 Wp), multicristalline silicon, 36 cells, 1042 x 462 x 39 mm, bi-glass, 9.2 kg; and 280 modules type BPX 47451 (12 V, 44 Wp), multicristalline silicon, 36 cells, 1060 x485 x 65 mm, bi-glass, 8.9 kg.
Connection : 2 in series, 24 V
Support : on the roofs and on racks
Max. power tracker : none
Chrg. controller : STN, type PW R 40M, or PHOTOWATT 20C24 and others.
Battery : Lead acid, OLDHAM, CFEC, STECO and others
Capacity : (C100)
Batt. (Ah) : from 105 to 800 Ah
Inverter : VICTRON, Mobitronic, STN and others
Inv. in (V) : 24 V
Inv. out (V) : 220 V, 50 Hz
Inv. power (kW) : 0.6 1.0 1.2 1.5 2.0 kVA
Load description : Lighting and general electricity
(pumps, low consumption refrigerators and deep-freezers (type TRS), circulators, desalination, ecc.) for farmhouses. Monitoring : Measurement of electricity consumption by conventional (Landis & Gyr) counters.

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Coordinator

SOLAIRE ET TECHNIQUES NOUVELLES (STN)
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Address
AVE. DE BIELEFELD
29900 CONCARNEAU
France

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