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Description
The main objective of the project is to reduce energy poverty through the electrification of 12 households by using energy produced from photovoltaic panels and ensuring normal living conditions for a number of 18 people. The households are isolated, the existing electrical distribution network in the area is located at a distance of more than 2 km. These isolated household are without electricity, water or sewerage network.
Siriu Commune aims to increase the well-being of its inhabitants by implementing projects that answer their needs and to create a good environment for their living and their economic activities. One of the issues identified by the local authority is the isolated households where 18 persons do not have electricity. These isolated households are located within the administrative territory of Siriu Commune. These households are not electrified because the connection to the grid is not economically feasible. Siriu Commune intends to address this issue and to increase the security of energy by partly covering the household''s electricity needs from green sources. Siriu Commune will use photovoltaic panels in order to ensure the light and other electricity needs for these households.
Based on the analysis to be performed during project implementation, the photovoltaic panels will be placed either on the ground or on the buildings roofs in those cases where the roof can sustain the increased weight of the photovoltaic system. Key activities will be: investment, training of household''s permanent resident on using the photovoltaic system and publicity measures to ensure the visibility of the project.
Expected outcomes includes 18 persons benefitting from being connected to electricity solutions, CO2 emissions to decrease by 8,96 tonnes annually and finally production of energy from renewable source of 29,35 MWh/year.
Summary of project results
The aim of the project was achieved, respectively to install and commission 12 photovoltaic systems to unelectrified households and to train 18 permanent residents. Each photovoltaic system is composed of 6 x 370Wp photovoltaic panels and their support/mounting system, invertor, gel batteries, electrical cabling. The installed capacity of one photovoltaic system is of 2,22 kWp, totaling 26,64 kWp installed capacity in the whole project.