Renewable Power Generation

“We would like to provide electricity to a remote village in Africa. We are looking for the optimized technical solution at the best price.”

Solution applicable to off-grid buildings

The system includes:

• Solar panels with a total capacity of a few kWc
• 1 Xantrex XW solar charge controller
• A set of batteries to store several days’ worth of electricity
• 1 Xantrex Trace TR1524 inverter
• Circuit breakers to protect the solar installation and for each building
• 1 GSM-equipped iRio unit for remote management of network operating schedule and monitoring of consumption, batteries, the charger, the solar panels, and the inverter
• urge protection devices for PC photovoltaic generators and for the AC part of the installation

> Totally independent electricity supply
> Local, independent management of the installation

+ A single interface for centralized management and monitoring
+ Local people receive maintenance and operation training from Schneider Electric

Madagascar village gets solar energy In early 2009, solar panels were installed in a mountain village in Madagascar. The village, which counts about 20 houses, was too remote to be connected up to the
main grid. The goal was to provide 50 W for each household three hours per day— a total of 1,000 W for the village or 3 kWh per day.
According to a survey conducted after the project was completed, the local population, which helped with the work, was satisfied with the results. A team of two local electricians received training from Schneider Electric Madagascar. They did the wiring in all of the houses and now handle maintenance and repairs.