• Task 1: Study work: Peak power supply by solar electricity
• Task 2: Optimising the role of solar electricity in marketing campaigns of European utilities
• Task 3: Recommendations for unified technical regulations for grid-connected PV systems
• Task 4: Enforce involvement of the utilities in the PV Sector for Grid Access
• Task 5: Workshop

An analysis of the impact of solar electricity generation on the utility's economics for peak power supply, with background that:

• the utilities only need to spend less on peak power electricity caused by "le point mort" (of demand and supply) balance between electricity peak power demand and solar electricity supply.
• a feed in tariff at the market for solar electricity which is financed through a contribution by all electricity consumers on the installed PV capacity in the utility's distribution area : a function of the installed PV capacity will describe the impact by assuming certain levels of installed PV capacity and by taking the production curve the economics of the utility for peak power.

Objective:

Observation of how PV can contribute to the reduction of the peak power supply and its costs for utilities.

Partners involved:

AIE with the support of WIP and EDF

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Improving marketing strategies, with arguments that solar electricity could be easily used to improve a utility’s image:

• Solar electricity campaign represents an important opportunity for co-operation between the EU PV industry and utilities.
• Solar electricity campaigns are able to support utilities within their marketing activities and within their efforts to differentiate their customer approach from their competitors.

Objective:

Establishing a guideline on optimising the use of solar electricity in marketing campaigns of utilities based on a survey of selected European country concerning an accomplishment of solar electricity campaigns of utilities.

Partners involved:

AIE and supported by EPIA

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Standardisation of European various technical regulations, based on:

• an overview on technical regulations from a survey within a specified number of European countries.
• discussion on resulting catalogue of technical regulations in order to recommend a unified European standard.

Objective:

Constitution a recommendation for unified European standard of technical regulation.

Partners involved:

EPIA with the support of AIE and WIP

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Establishing contacts with the major EU utilities by preparing information material for them:

Objective:

Convincing utilities on the advantages of small decentralized PV systems e.g stabilizing grid, availability of electricity at peak power demand, etc.

Partners involved:

WIP and EPIA with the support of EDF

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A workshop in the upcoming European PV conferences to bring together the key players from the PV industry and from the European utilities.

Objective:

• Establishment of communication channels between both industries in order keep the information and experience exchange going beyond the lifetime of the project.
• Establishment of personal contacts between both industries, since excellent personal contacts are always a necessary precondition for a successful and sustainable co-operation.

Partners involved:

AIE, EPIA and WIP

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