MEDITERRANEO: THE LARGE SCALE DEPLOYMENT OF PV IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT IN EUROPE

摘要

This paper presents the progress of Mediterraneo, a European Commission funded PV demonstrationproject. The objectives of Mediterraneo are to facilitate a step change in the market for PV in the urban environmentthrough an estimated 3 € reduction per Wp in installed price. This is to be achieved through the selection andstandardisation of PV components for building applications – primarily for roof top applications. The programmewill install 862 kWp of grid-connected PV in urban environments in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain.The installations started in March 2002 and over 750 kWp had been installed by May 2004. The use of standardisedsystems has facilitated a significant price reduction enabling systems to be installed at an average price of6.655 €/Wp. The kits are easy to install and can be used in each of the four countries. The systems installed rangefrom 1 kWp to 3 kWp roof top installations to large (80 kWp) building integrated PV systems.This paper will detail the issues that have arisen from the development of a standard PV kit and its installation,particularly the efforts made to reduce costs. Issues relating to unforeseen installations costs will be highlighted (e.g., removal of asbestos) and their impact on system cost.