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Welcome!
This
website aims to highlight UK activity in the field of photovoltaics
(solar electricity) and in particular the United Kingdom's
participation within the International
Energy Agency's Photovoltaic Power Systems (PVPS) Programme.
PVPS
is a collaborative R&D Agreement involving 23 countries,
all of them members of the IEA. Since its establishment in
1993, PVPS participants have been conducting a variety of
joint projects with the goal of enabling photovoltaic solar
energy to become a significant renewable energy source in
the near future.
This
goal requires that PV users and choosers have access to reliable
information on PV systems' performance, design guidelines,
planning methods, etc. PVPS aims to achieve this goal by adopting
the following objectives:
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Contribute to cost reduction (more...)
- Increase
awareness of PV potential and value (more...)
- Foster
PV market deployment by removing technical and non-technical
barriers (more...)
- Enhance
technology co-operation with non-IEA countries (more...)
The
PVPS programme provides a pool of international expertise
and experience and a valuable mechanism with which to identify
and overcome common problems in an efficient and cost-effective
manner. For the UK, participation in PVPS provides access
to a wealth of practical international experiences - both
good and bad - on critical aspects of PV implementation, from
network integration of systems to programmes and policies
for promoting PV technology. Participation assists the UK
to resolve the key issues that will help move the technology
as rapidly as possible towards more cost-effective applications
at home, and more reliable operation worldwide.
The
participation of all UK experts within PVPS is supported by
the Department
For Trade and Industry (DTI).
The
Department
for International Development (DfID) also supports experts'
participation specifically under the PVPS activity 'Cooperation
with Developing Countries'.
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