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Technologies:

Overview
- RES & fossil energy
  - Energy consumption
  - Finite fossil resources
  - Sustainable Economy
  - EC targets for 2010
- RES & environment
  - Pollution
  - Greenhouse effect
  - Anthropogenic climate change
  - Climate change
  - Temperature increase
  - Global warming
  - Greenhouse gases
  - CO2 Emissions
  - Global warming consequences
  - Ozone depletion
  - Acidification – Acid Rain
  - International policies & targets
  - PV Power generation
- Past & Present
  - Change towards fossil fuels
  - Resource depletion
  - Energy demand
  - Renewable energy production
  - PV History
  - PV trends in EU
  - PV applications
  - Commercial status
- Future
  - Renewable Energy forecast
  - Future trends
  - PV Rooftops
  - Medium, large and small size PV plants
  - PV-Hydrogen production
  - Stand-alone rural development
  - Global markets
  - European competitiveness
  - Investment forecast
PV technology
- PV effect
  - Sun & light
  - Geographic location
  - Daylight variation
  - Availability of solar energy
  - What is PV Power
  - Solar resource monitoring
- Cell, module, array
  - System components
  - Cells
  - Cells production
  - Amorphous silicon cells
  - Hybrid solar cells
  - Coloured solar cells
  - System components : Modules
  - System components : Array
- Components: characteristics
  - Conversion efficiency
  - Rated Power output
  - Performance ratio
  - Simulation programs
- Concentrators
  - Concentrator systems
  - Hercules concentrator
- Balance of System (BOS)
  - Components & support structures
  - Tracking structures
  - Power conditioners
  - Inverters
  - Communication systems
  - Manufacturers & suppliers
Solar cell materials
- Silicon
  - Atoms & electrons
  - Silicon
  - Amorphous silicon
  - Hybrid solar cells
- Other materials
  - Other semiconductor materials
  - Gallium Arsenide GaAs
  - Copper Indium Diselenide (CIS)
  - Cadmium Telluride (CdTe)
  - Organic solar cells
  - Polycrystalline thin films
  - CIGS thin films
  - Multijunction cells
  - New materials
  - Electrical contacts
Applications
- Simple systems
  - Consumer products
  - Industrial products
  - Ships and boats
  - Autonomous small PV systems
  - Solar vehicles
  - Compact hybrid systems
  - Electronic components for PV systems
- Centralised PV
  - Overview

PV systems in noise barriers
PV stations to recharge batteries
Utility scale power

Stand alone systems
- Overview
- Storage
- Low voltage DC lighting
- DC refrigerator systems
- Solar home systems
- Remote communications
- PV powered vehicles
- PV cathodic protection
- Medical applications
- Small water treatment units
- Desalination
- Traffic lights a warning signals
- Lighthouses & buoys
- Remote lighting, switching & locks
- Remote monitoring
- Water pumping
- Rural electrification
- Islands
- PV in Space
Hybrid systems
- Overview
- PV/Wind stand alone systems
- PV with generators
- PV with small scale Biomass systems
- PV & Hydrogen Energy technologies
- PVT systems
Grid Connected roof PV (RPV)
- Overview
- Integration into residential building
- PV modules integrated into roofs
- Backup Power systems
- Grid Connected Building Integrated PV (BIPV)
- Overview
- Integration into the building
- Support system flat roof
- PV modules integrated into roofs
- Roof lights
- Erection on the roof
- PV modules integrated into façades
- Curtain walling
- Rain screen cladding
- Shading
- PV as design element
- Cooling systems
- Electronic command to manage systems

Safety & hazards
- PV Systems
- Grid connected systems
- PV system hazards
- Safety, earthing & lightning protection
  - International standards
  - Requirements
  - Application examples
- Environmental aspects
- Installation
- Maintenance & after-sales services
- Education & training
- Community involvement
- Risk
- PV standards & codes
Economics
- Costs
  - Overview
  - Ingot cost
  - Solar cell cost
  - PV Module cost
  - PV array cost
  - BOS (Balance of System) Costs
  - System cost
  - Grid connected PV plants
  - Stand-alone PV plants
  - Solar home systems
  - PV calculators
  - Off-grid & on-grid PV plants
  - Large PV Power plants
  - Energy costs
  - Connection costs
  - Payback period
  - Energy payback
  - Recent developments
  - Future developments
- Markets
  - Commercial status
  - Employment
  - Social aspects
  - Quality assurance
  - Information
  - PV market barriers
  - Approach toward Rural electrification
  - Lack of awareness & confidence in PV technology
  - Political & Economic context

Directory:

Manufacturers - Suppliers
Sub-suppliers
Engineering
Consultants
Certification Centres
R & D Centres
Education & Training
Associations
Other Organisations
Suppliers
Engineering
Experts
Institutions
Associations

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THESAURUS / GLOSSARY (Keywords & Acronyms + definitions (partly translated)
CONVERSIONS, SYMBOLS AND UNITS
PUBLICATIONS (selection of relevant publications)
MEDIA GALLERY : Photographs / Videos / Animations / Drawings / Graphics: access to screens from all available pictures in the Encyclopaedia
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CHOICE of LANGUAGE (for menus - keywords & definitions

Example Projects

370 PV Example projects – All types – all over the world

Grid connected
Stand alone
Centralised
Hybrid Systems

LIST

Country	City	Type of plant
2 Countries	ECN & EDP	Grid connected BIPV
2 Countries	IMPACT Project	Grid-connected RPV
2 Countries	Boats in The Netherlands & Germany	Simple systems
2 Countries	Catalona & Aude	Stand alone systems
2 Countries	Pyrenees	Stand alone systems
3 Countries	Multifunctional facades	Grid connected BIPV
3 Countries	AC modules	Grid-connected RPV
3 Countries	Transeuropeo	Stand alone systems
3 Countries	EURALP	Stand alone systems
4 Countries	BIMODE	Grid connected BIPV
7 Countries	PV powered Service Stations	Grid connected BIPV
Africa	EPI	Stand alone systems
Algeria	Djanet	Centralised PV
Australia	Kalbarri	Centralised PV
Australia	Welshpool	Concentrators
Australia	Newington	Grid connected BIPV
Australia	Seacliff	Grid-connected RPV
Australia	Montague	Hybrid systems
Australia	World Solar Challenge	Simple systems
Australia	Solar Sailor	Simple systems
Australia	Arrillhjere	Stand alone systems
Austria	Satheins	Grid connected BIPV
Austria	Satteins	Grid connected BIPV
Austria	Linz	Grid connected BIPV
Austria	Gleisdorf	Grid-connected RPV
Austria	Dornbirn	Grid-connected RPV
Austria	OKA	Hybrid systems
Austria	Gleisdorf solar tree	Stand alone systems
Belgium	Navigation signals	Stand alone systems
Canada	Mississauga	Grid connected BIPV
Canada	Toronto	Grid connected BIPV
China	Pipelines	Stand alone systems
China	Muhenor Gacha	Stand alone systems
China	Inner Mongolia	Stand alone systems
China	Gansu	Stand alone systems
China	Great Wall	Stand alone systems
China	Telecommunication	Stand alone systems
China	Brightness Program	Stand alone systems
China	Pilot project	Stand alone systems
China	Shenghe	Stand alone systems
Cuba	Santa Maria de Loreto	Stand alone systems
Czech Republic	Corinthia	Grid connected BIPV
Denmark	Albertslund	Grid connected BIPV
Denmark	Sol 300	Grid connected BIPV
Denmark	Brundtland	Grid connected BIPV
Denmark	Solgaarden	Grid connected BIPV
Denmark	Kastrup	Grid connected BIPV
Denmark	Villa Vision	Grid-connected RPV
Denmark	Kolding	Grid-connected RPV
Denmark	Braedstrup	Grid-connected RPV
Denmark	Saphir	Stand alone systems
Ecuador	Galapagos	Grid-connected RPV
Egypt	Awlad	Stand alone systems
Eritrea	Medical centres Eritrea	Stand alone systems
Finland	Supermarket	Grid connected BIPV
Finland	Tuusula	Stand alone systems
France	Cost optimisation	Grid-connected RPV
France	Phebus 95	Grid-connected RPV

France	Camargue	Hybrid systems
France	Oberlin House	Hybrid systems
France	Aude and Herault	Stand alone systems
France	Col d'Izoard	Stand alone systems
France	Vercors	Stand alone systems
France	CAF Refuges	Stand alone systems
France	GTA Refuges	Stand alone systems
France	Rural houses 1	Stand alone systems
France	Chalon	Stand alone systems
France	Zigliara	Stand alone systems
France	SPBN Lightbuoys	Stand alone systems
France	PV in isolated sites	Stand alone systems
France	Water treatment	Stand alone systems
France	Alpine sites	Stand alone systems
France	Aude	Stand alone systems
France	Crau	Stand alone systems
France	Val de Sèvre	Stand alone systems
France	Cape Corsica	Stand alone systems
France	Sophia Antipolis	Stand alone systems
France	Guadeloupe	Stand alone systems
France	Corsica	Stand alone systems
France	Mountain huts	Stand alone systems
France	Cooling systems	Stand alone systems
France	Sistron	Stand alone systems
France-Caraibes	Marie Galante	Stand alone systems
France-Guyana	Kaw Mountain	Stand alone systems
Germany	Espenhain	Centralised PV
Germany	Hemau	Centralised PV
Germany	Neustadt	Centralised PV
Germany	Söchtenau	Centralised PV
Germany	Sonnen	Centralised PV
Germany	Saarbrücken-Güdingen	Centralised PV
Germany	Widderstall	Centralised PV
Germany	Berlin-Adlershof	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Dreisamstadion	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Grenzach-Wyhlen	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Laatzen	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Mont-Cenis	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Neubau Fraunhofer ISE	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Waldshut-Tiengen	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Lehrter Station Berlin	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Berlin Bank	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Elbspeicher Hamburg	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	PV powering pavillons	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	ZKM Karlsruhe	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Solar powered trains	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Pirmasens	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Offenburg	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Auf dem Kruge	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Essen	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	München Fair	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Gelsenkirchen	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Wemberg	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Berlin Tiergarten	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Bundesverband Flachglas	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Reichstag	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Augsburg	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Peiniger	Grid connected BIPV
Germany	Sen-Ailön	Grid-connected RPV

Germany	Rötenbach	Grid-connected RPV
Germany	Mains	Grid-connected RPV
Germany	Steinenhausen	Grid-connected RPV
Germany	Neunburg	Hybrid systems
Germany	Freiburg	Hybrid systems
Germany	Rappenecker Hof	Hybrid systems
Germany	FBS Solarcar	Simple systems
Germany	Scharhörn	Stand alone systems
Germany	Corrosion protection	Stand alone systems
Germany	Hamburg	Stand alone systems
Greece	Sifnos	Centralised PV
Greece	Antikythira 2	Centralised PV
Greece	Gavdos	Centralised PV
Greece	Arki	Centralised PV
Greece	Nikea	Grid connected BIPV
Greece	Goudouras	Grid-connected RPV
Greece	Antikythira 1	Hybrid systems
Greece	Donousa	Hybrid systems
Greece	Sapientza	Hybrid systems
Greece	Elounda	Stand alone systems
Greece	Lithari	Stand alone systems
Greece	Aspros Potamos	Stand alone systems
Honduras	Comarca	Stand alone systems
India	New Delhi	Grid-connected RPV
India	Solar pumping	Stand alone systems
Italy	Serre	Centralised PV
Italy	Zambelli	Centralised PV
Italy	Albenga	Grid connected BIPV
Italy	Bologna	Grid connected BIPV
Italy	Children's Museum of Rome	Grid connected BIPV
Italy	Palermo	Grid connected BIPV
Italy	Autosole	Grid connected BIPV
Italy	Vulcano	Grid-connected RPV
Italy	Roma-Leonori	Grid-connected RPV
Italy	Roma	Grid-connected RPV
Italy	Gran Paradiso	Grid-connected RPV
Italy	Elba	Grid-connected RPV
Italy	Carloforte	Hybrid systems
Italy	Montenero	Stand alone systems
Italy	Cansano	Stand alone systems
Italy	Pisa	Stand alone systems
Italy	Palmaiola	Stand alone systems
Italy	Ginostra	Stand alone systems
Italy	Sardegna & Alicudi	Stand alone systems
Italy	Warning systems	Stand alone systems
Italy	Lucca airport	Stand alone systems
Japan	NTT	Grid connected BIPV
Japan	SBIC Building	Grid connected BIPV
Japan	Tsukuba OSL	Grid connected BIPV
Japan	Dormy Shibazaki	Grid connected BIPV
Japan	Disaster situations	Grid-connected RPV
Japan	Asahikawa	Grid-connected RPV
Japan	Tokyo	Hybrid systems
Japan	Tsukuba	Hybrid systems
Japan	Water Beetle	Simple systems
Japan	Desalination	Stand alone systems
Jordan	Aqaba	Stand alone systems
Mongolia	Telecom	Stand alone systems
Morocco	Draa	Stand alone systems

Mozambico	Health centres	Stand alone systems
Northern EU Countries	PV for free time	Stand alone systems
Norway	Hamar	Grid-connected RPV
Norway	Grue	Stand alone systems
Norway	Lyklingholmen	Stand alone systems
Philippines	Visayas	Stand alone systems
Portugal	Setubal	Grid connected BIPV
Portugal	Ourique	Hybrid systems
Portugal	Mobil PV	Hybrid systems
Portugal	TV repeaters	Hybrid systems
Portugal	Peso da Régua	Stand alone systems
Portugal	Serra da Estrella	Stand alone systems
Portugal	ARES	Stand alone systems
Portugal	MPPS	Stand alone systems
Portugal	Rural dwellings	Stand alone systems
South Africa	Eastern Cape	Stand alone systems
Space	PV in space	Stand alone systems
Spain	Castejon	Centralised PV
Spain	Tudela	Centralised PV
Spain	Euclides	Centralised PV
Spain	Toledo power plant	Centralised PV
Spain	Navarra	Centralised PV
Spain	Sierra de Segura	Centralised PV
Spain	Los Arcos	Centralised PV
Spain	Rambla del Banco	Centralised PV
Spain	Barcelona	Grid connected BIPV
Spain	Terrassa	Grid connected BIPV
Spain	UNIVER	Grid connected BIPV
Spain	Pompeu	Grid connected BIPV
Spain	Moncloa	Grid connected BIPV
Spain	Mahon	Grid connected BIPV
Spain	University Madrid	Grid connected BIPV
Spain	Nuevo Horizonte	Grid connected BIPV
Spain	Arnoia	Grid connected BIPV
Spain	Cies islands	Grid-connected RPV
Spain	Sierra de Maria	Grid-connected RPV
Spain	Catalonia 1	Hybrid systems
Spain	Argestues	Hybrid systems
Spain	Electrosolar vehicle	Simple systems
Spain	Tabarca	Stand alone systems
Spain	Pallars Jussa	Stand alone systems
Spain	Jaén	Stand alone systems
Spain	Murcia	Stand alone systems
Spain	Llaberia	Stand alone systems
Spain	La Garrotxa	Stand alone systems
Spain	Amitges	Stand alone systems
Spain	Solsones	Stand alone systems
Spain	Badajoz	Stand alone systems
Spain	Puerto Penas	Stand alone systems
Spain	Masia Ben Viure	Stand alone systems
Spain	Catalonia 2	Stand alone systems
Sweden	Götheborg	Grid connected BIPV
Sweden	Älmhult	Grid connected BIPV
Sweden	Ikea	Grid connected BIPV
Switzerland	Bale	Grid connected BIPV
Switzerland	Lausanne	Grid connected BIPV
Switzerland	Zurich	Grid connected BIPV
Switzerland	Suglio	Grid-connected RPV
Switzerland	Solar energy boats	Simple systems

The Netherlands	Noordwijkerhout	Grid connected BIPV
The Netherlands	Ouderkerk	Grid connected BIPV
The Netherlands	Petten 1	Grid connected BIPV
The Netherlands	Petten 2	Grid connected BIPV
The Netherlands	Niew Sloten Amsterdam	Grid connected BIPV
The Netherlands	Dordrecht	Grid connected BIPV
The Netherlands	Amersfoort	Grid connected BIPV
The Netherlands	Gelderse Blom	Grid connected BIPV
The Netherlands	Nieuwland	Grid connected BIPV
The Netherlands	Lage Hoven	Grid connected BIPV
The Netherlands	Boxtel	Grid-connected RPV
The Netherlands	Nieuwlandseweg	Grid-connected RPV
The Netherlands	De Leguanen	Grid-connected RPV
The Netherlands	TV Lantern	Simple systems
The Netherlands	Sehalkediep	Stand alone systems
The Netherlands	Luntersche Beek	Stand alone systems
The Netherlands	Houseboats	Stand alone systems
UK	Doxford	Grid connected BIPV
UK	Nottingham University	Grid connected BIPV
UK	Skegness	Grid connected BIPV
UK	Northumbria University	Grid connected BIPV
UK	Bridgend	Grid connected BIPV
UK	Capton	Grid connected RPV
UK	Oxford	Grid-connected RPV
UK	Loughborough	Grid-connected RPV
UK	Machynlleth	Grid-connected RPV
UK	Millennium Park	Grid-connected RPV
UK	Brockhill	Hybrid systems
UK	Bretforton	Simple systems
UK	Saynsbury	Simple systems
UK	Eddystone	Stand alone systems
UK	Kew Gardens	Stand alone systems
UK	Lightvessels	Stand alone systems
UK	Navigation buoy	Stand alone systems
UK	Wales	Stand alone systems
Uruguay	Polanco	Hybrid systems
USA	Chico	Centralised PV
USA	Napa Valley	Centralised PV
USA	Parker Ranch	Centralised PV
USA	Skillman	Centralised PV
USA	Farallon	Centralised PV
USA	Dangling Rope	Centralised PV
USA	Fresno	Centralised PV
USA	Yuma	Centralised PV
USA	Ann Arbor	Centralised PV
USA	UNLV Solar Project	Concentrators
USA	AAA Auto Club	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Alameda County	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Albany	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Austin Airport	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Bolton	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Brooklyn	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Cambria	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Coney Island	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Contra Costa County	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Dryden	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Ellenville	Grid connected BIPV
USA	FedEx	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Hopland	Grid connected BIPV

USA	Inderkum	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Marina	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Oakland	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Oberlin	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Ontario	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Orlando	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Pendleton	Grid connected BIPV
USA	San Diego	Grid connected BIPV
USA	San Francisco	Grid connected BIPV
USA	San Jose	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Santa Barbara	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Solar Patriot	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Times Square	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Townhouse	Grid connected BIPV
USA	USPS Sacramento	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Victor	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Vineyards	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Walnut Creek	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Walworth	Grid connected BIPV
USA	New York City	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Mauna	Grid connected BIPV
USA	SERF	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Pentagon	Grid connected BIPV
USA	Electric Sunflowers	Grid connected RPV
USA	Salinas Pueblo	Grid connected RPV
USA	St. Louis	Grid-connected RPV
USA	Sacramento	Grid-connected RPV
USA	Van Geet	Grid-connected RPV
USA	Maine	Grid-connected RPV
USA	Impact 2000	Grid-connected RPV
USA	Denver	Grid-connected RPV
USA	Cal Expo	Grid-connected RPV
USA	Sunshine canyon	Grid-connected RPV
USA	Nicasio	Grid-connected RPV
USA	Albuquerque	Grid-connected RPV
USA	NAHB	Grid-connected RPV
USA	Zion	Grid-connected RPV
USA	Block Island	Hybrid systems
USA	Canon City	Hybrid systems
USA	Pierce College	Hybrid systems
USA	Westcliffe	Hybrid systems
USA	Crown Point	Hybrid systems
USA	Sardis Lake	Simple systems
USA