Solar photovoltaics

In the field of solar photovoltaics (PV), IED has gained experience on large scale projects and offers a wide range of services linked to products, projects and policies.
The expertise of IED covers both stand alone PV systems (lighting, audio visual services, pumping or telecommunications) and grid connected as well as building integrated systems.

Services provided by IED rest upon an integrated quality control approach which encompass all stages of the project cycle, from preliminary studies to the post installation phase.

Product development
Specification of the services to be provided ;
Market and user needs assessment ;
Tests and on site performance validation.

Project development and management
Coordination of large scale projects and capitalisation of lessons learnt ;
Technical assistance, support and supervision of works :
engineering studies, supervision of works, monitoring of system performance ;
Implementation of an integrated quality control approach.

Accompanying measures
Training of local installers and end-users ;
Dissemination.

Key references
Coordinator of a pan European Consortium installing 3 MWp integrated PV ;
Development of an integrated quality control approach for PV installations in rural areas
of developing countries ;
Specification of PV system components : solar batteries, charge controllers, ...
Technical assistance to rural electrification projects using Solar Home Systems (SHS).