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The Commission of the European Communities has started in 1980 a programme for the design and construction of a series of photovoltaic pilot projects in the range of 30-300 kWp. Virtually all important industries and other development organisations in Europe working on photovoltaic cells and systems are involved in this programme.
The different technologies which are being developed concern the modules, the cabling of the array, structure design, storage strategy and power conditioning. The various applications include powering of an island, villages, recreation centres, water desalination and disinfection, powering of radio transmitters, emergency power plants, dairy farm, training school, cooling, water pumping, powering of a solar heated swimming pool and last but not least, hydrogen production.
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Proceedings of the Final Design Review Meeting on EC Photovoltaic Pilot Projects, Brussels, 30 November – 2 December 1981, D. Reidel Publishing Co.
Photovoltaic Module Control Test Specifications – Spec. 501 August 1981, Commission of the European Communities, Joint Research Centre, Dr. Krebs.
“Photovoltaic power for Europe, an assessment study” published for the Commission of the European Communities, by Reidel, Dordrecht, NL, within “Solar Energy R+D in the European Communities”, Series C, Volume 2, Jan. 1983.
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Werner, S. (1983). The Photovoltaic Pilot Projects of the European Community. In: Beghi, G. (eds) Performance of Solar Energy Converters: Thermal Collectors and Photovoltaic Cells. ISPRA Courses on Energy Systems and Technology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9813-4_16
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