ABSTRACT
In Electricité de France's (EdF) R&D programme, aiming to develop a range of optimised systems using renewable energies for Rural Decentralised Electrification, a set of specifications has been drawn up, in partnership with the French Agency for the Environment and for Energy Management (ADEME) and the French photovoltaic industry. This work has been carried out by working groups involving all the main French players in the field of renewable energies. These specifications are designed to ensure the three key points for a sustainable and successful electrification: the quality of manufactured products, the quality of carrying out of projects, the quality of operation, maintenance and renewal. If only one of these three key points is missing, the electrification project is likely to be a failure. These specifications are dedicated to stand alone systems and are currently the legal reference in France and overseas departments, but also for the electrification projects which are currently carried out abroad by French actors. They have been accepted by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) as Publicly Available Specifications and a new working group (Technical Committee 82) is being formed to have them converted to norms.
