Stand-alone photovoltaic applications : lessons learned / technical editors: Geerling Loois and Bernard van Hemert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hemert, Bernard van.

Loois, Geerling.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photovoltaic power systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (80 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxon [England] : Earthscan, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Photovoltaics is already an economic and practical option for providing electricity in many situations such as remote housing, in hybrid systems and for some service applications.Over the last decade, an International Energy Agency (IEA) team (Photovoltaic Power Systems, Task III) made up of members from 15 different countries has been studying these systems. Many valuable and practical lessons have been learned about economic, institutional, social and technical aspects of installing and using such systems.This book explains these lessons succinctly and clearly, and provides examples of fourt

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations and acronyms; Part I: Lessons Learned in SAPV applications; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The International Energy Agency; 1.2 Aim: to consolidate the lessons learned; 1.3 Structure of the book; 2 Marketing aspects; 2.1 Overview; 2.2 Market potential of stand-alone PV systems; 2.3 Market potential per application; 2.4 Barriers; 2.5 Market assessment; 2.6 Market development; 2.7 Opportunities and lessons learned; 3 Economic aspects; 3.1 Overview of equipment costs; 3.2 Life-cycle costing

3.3 Economic comparisons3.4 Operation and maintenance costs; 3.5 Economics and real life; 4 Financing aspects; 4.1 Subsidies and grants; 4.2 End-users' contribution; 4.3 Energy service; 4.4 Credit schemes and financing mechanisms; 4.5 Increasing credit availability for PV; 5 Institutional aspects; 5.1 Key actors and their roles; 5.2 Industry; 5.3 International certification; 5.4 Legislation; 5.5 Integration in energy planning; 5.6 Installation, operation and maintenance; 6 Social aspects; 6.1 User involvement during planning; 6.2 User involvement during implementation

6.3 User involvement during operation6.4 Special aspects of multi-user systems; 6.5 Social impacts of rural electrification; 7 Technological aspects; 7.1 Types of systems; 7.2 Components; 7.3 Sizing and matching of components; 7.4 Energy management; 7.5 Quality control; 7.6 Safety aspects; 7.7 System maintenance; 8 Lessons learned and recommendations; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Marketing aspects; 8.3 Economic aspects; 8.4 Financing aspects; 8.5 Institutional aspects; 8.6 Social aspects; 8.7 Technological aspects; Part II: National Showcase Projects; Service Applications

SAPV dual reticulation reverse osmosis water treatment (Australia)Hybrid power systems for mountain-top repeater stations (Canada); PV electric propulsion (The Netherlands); Photovoltaic parking meters (Portugal); Bus shelters (Sweden); PV electric rail and flange lubricators (United Kingdom); Remote Buildings; PV electrification of summer cottages (Finland); PV rural electrification in the Jura (France); PV-hybrid system with AC-coupling (Germany); Utility PV: Wireless Service (Italy); PV-DG hybrid systems for remote dwellings (Norway); PV rural electrification with concerted service (Spain)

Island SystemsPV-DG hybrid systems for remote islands (Japan); Remote monitoring of PV-diesel hybrid systems (Korea); References

Notes:

First published 1999 by James & James.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 06, 2014).

ISBN:

1-134-25825-9

0-367-09267-0

1-315-07378-1

1-134-25818-6

9781315073781

OCLC:

897455383