Status of DOE and AID stand-alone photovoltaic system field testsThe NASA Lewis Research Center (LeRC) is managing stand-alone photovoltaic (PV) system projects sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID). The DOE project includes village PV power demonstration projects in Gabon (four sites) and the Marshall Islands, and PV-powered vaccine refrigerator systems in six countries. The AID project includes a large village power system, a farmhouse system and two water pumping-irrigation systems in Tunisia, a water pumping/grain grinding system in Upper Volta, five medical clinic systems in four countries, PV-powered vaccine refrigerator systems in 18 countries and a PV-powered remote earth station in Indonesia. This paper reviews these PV projects and summarizes significant findings to date.
Document ID
19850053556
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Bifano, W. J. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Delombard, R. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Ratajczak, A. F. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Scudder, L. R. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)