The Project participated in the completion of the regulations and technical standards for the distributed generation law. Furthermore, it yielded valuable impetus in the diffusion through a video and a website explaining the operation and administrative processes for connecting an electrical generator under the distributed generation law.
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Support to the Ministry of Energy in the Public Roofs Programme
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Additionally, the project has been supporting the outreach program, both in its creation and implementation, the objectives of the project are to introduce photovoltaic plants on public property and at the same time boost the maturation of the national PV market. The Ministry of Energy in conjunction with the GIZ is developing guides and manuals on best practices in maintenance and installation of photovoltaic systems for the year 2015, thus promoting the use of solar thermal and photovoltaic energy throughout the country.
Further information:
► Energypedia: Public Solar Roofs Programme
► Programa Techos Solares Públicos
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► Initial guide to evaluate PV installation in buildings (Spanish)
► Operation and maintenance for PV systems (Spanish)
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Manual for Fire Prevention in PV Power Plants
The document is about the evaluation of fire risk in photovoltaic systemsand creation of security conceptsto minimize risk. Content of the review is:
- The evaluation of fire risk in PV power plants, as well in case of action of third parties as fire risk occurring within the PV power plant.
- Evaluation of risks for fire fighters in case of fire fighting and developing and demonstrating strategies to minimize risks.
- Evaluation of options to minimize fire potential within the PV power plant.
- Derivation of recommendations conceerning components and system design, material and quality assurance concerning production, installation and maintenance.
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►Manual for fire prevention in PV power plants
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Market Development
Identification of “Zona de Foco” Highly Profitable for the Photovoltaic Self-consumption
The geographic areas with the most cost-effective conditions for the captive-use of PV installations were identified, taking into account the solar irradiation and the electricity tariff as main variables for the profitability.
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Price Index of Photovoltaic Systems
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Together with the Association of the Photovoltaic Industry in Chile (ACESOL), a price index of the system costs for PV installations ranging from 1 kilowatt to 1 megawatt in capacity has been created and is updated every six months, comparing the costs with those of Germany as a mature market.
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ESCO Guide and Standard Contract for PV Self-supply
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The objective of the guide is to analyzeESCOand define a business model that allows an Energy Service Company (ESCO) toinstalland operate aphotovoltaic plant and supply the power generated to their customer.
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Technical and Economic Feasibility Analysis
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Technical and economic feasibility studies have been produced for different size captive-use PV applications such as agriculture, viticulture, industry and the public sector.
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Cadastre of PV Rooftops in Calama
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Link: Cadastre of PV rooftops in Calama
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Analysis of the Agro-industrial Sector
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Uploading Solar Radiation Database of Chile in PV*Sol Software
Explorador Solar is a tool of the Ministry of Energy and the Department of Geophysics of the University of Chile in Santiago which gives information about solar radiation for a specific geographic location in Chile and allows simulating a PV-system.
Although Explorador Solar is able to determine the potential, the azimuth and the inclination of the PV-system, it does not allow to design the general system. Therefore this needs to be done with another software - i.e. PV*Sol. Following on this, GIZ has developed an Excel tool which converts .CSV files of Explorador Solar into a .DAT file (format required for PV*Sol) for a specific location in Chile. The converted data file (.DAT) can be uploaded into PV*Sol. By doing so, it is possible to design a PV-system by using Explorador Solar's database. The following two documents will help with these steps.
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► User guide
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Technical Training and Research
Solar Laboratories for Technical Training
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Solar Measurements
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The project continued the measurement campaign initiated in 2008 to determine the solar potential in northern Chile and made DNI measurements (Direct Normal Irradiation) in the Station "Crucero II" using measuring instruments of high precision.
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Study of PV Solar Panels Orientation
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Expected Impacts
The use of solar energy can partly replace electricity generation in conventional power plants, which contributes to achieving the goals of reducing emissions and energy dependence in Chile. A more sustainable and secure energy mix contributes to improving the international competitiveness of the Chilean economy.
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Further Information
Additional diffusion material developed through the program:
Information about the current energy market and mixture in Chile:
Presentations and conference contributions:
FIGAS - VIII Foro Internacional del Gas y Energía - Tarija/ Bolivia, November 9th - 12th, 2016
PV-self consumption in Chile - initiatives for market development - Puerto Montt, May 19th, 2016
KIT Alumni Expert Seminar - Renewable Energy in Chile - Concepción, November 26th, 2015
CIREC Week - Energy for the Future - Santiago de Chile, October 26th - 29th, 2015
MATELEC Latinoamérica 2015 - Salón Internacional de Soluciones para la Industria Eléctrica y Electrónica - Santiago de Chile, October 7th, 2015
USACH Ahu Newen - Información y Desarrollo de Negocios Sustentables - January 7th, 2015
Intersolar Summit Chile 2014 - Energía Solar para le Generación de Electricidad y Calor - Santiago de Chile - June 19th, 2014
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