Urban PV in the Netherlands

Henk Kaan

•1989 First projects – detached houses

•1991 Row houses – series of 5 to 10

NOZ-PV National Research Programme on SolarEnergy - Photovoltaics

Research and demonstration subsidised by the national Energy Agency Novem

“Not Done” before 1995:

“Not Done” before 1995:

•Horizontally mounted PV

“Not Done” before 1995:

•Horizontally mounted PV

•East or West oriented PV

“Not Done” before 1995:

•Horizontally mounted PV

•East or West oriented PV

•Several orientations in one system

“Not Done” before 1995:

•Horizontally mounted PV

•East or West oriented PV

•Several orientations in one system

•Not ventilated or not insolated modules

“Not Done” before 1995:

•Horizontally mounted PV

•East or West oriented PV

•Several orientations in one system

•Not ventilated or not insolated modules

•Laminates only

“Not Done” before 1995:

•Horizontally mounted PV

•East or West oriented PV

•Several orientations in one system

•Not ventilated or not insolated modules

•Laminates only

•“See Through” PV

PV accepted and promoted as an integralelement in the energy concept of the building

•1995 Large scale urban PV projects•Amsterdam Nieuw Sloten•1 MWp project Amersfoort Nieuwland•5 MWp project Heerhugowaard “Stad van de

Zon” (Solar City)

Renovation of social housing projects

More and more new and advanced architecturalconcepts

Floriade Haarlemmermeer (2002)

2,3 MWp

Mainly BIPV & urban applications

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PV Power in the Netherlands 2005: ~51 MWp

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