Installation of a Hybrid System at Ksar Ghiléne, Tunisia

24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 21-25 September 2009, Hamburg, Germany; 4336-4341
Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems for the Supply of Services in Rural Settlements of Mediterranean Partner Countries (HYRESS) project is supported by the European Commission’s 6th research framework programme, under contract number 031994. Its strategic objective is to remove the knowledge barriers against the installation of RE Systems. The ultimate objective of the project is to develop, combine, install, test and assess the performance of low-cost pilot hybrid RE systems in remote areas of the Mediterranean. The main system design criteria have been modularity, robustness, simplicity in use and the requirement of a very low maintenance. Within HYRESS project, three pilot hybrid systems will be developed, installed, tested and evaluated (technically and socially) in selected sites of Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. ITER and ANME will be responsible for the microgrid design and installation at Tunisia. The place chosen is the site of Ksar Ghilène, a village located in southern Tunisia, in the governorate of Kébili at Bouflija depression.