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Valérick Cassagne

Mouhamad Mouazen

Romain Colliat

Frederic Leroy

Hervé Kleiss

Frédéric Leroy

Mohammed Chiguer

Jean Guillaume Lobjois

Ana-Rita De Medeiros

Martin Sander

Pierre-Emmanuel Hickel

The invention concerns a method for evaluating photovoltaic energy production for an energy supply facility () installed on a site (), the energy supply facility () comprising at least one electricity production unit () having at least one photovoltaic module (); characterized in that the photovoltaic energy production evaluation method comprises the following steps: —determining past or predictive irradiance values for the site () on which the energy supply facility () is installed, the determination being carried out for time intervals of between one second and two years, and —evaluating the photovoltaic power generated as a function of the determined irradiance values and numerical values prerecorded in a database (), this database () including, for each day of the year and different times of each day, prerecorded numerical values for determining the photovoltaic electrical power generated as a function of the irradiance.

Method for evaluating photovoltaic energy production and evaluation and management unit implementing the method

The invention relates to a photovoltaic plant () comprising: at least one photovoltaic module (), including at least one junction box () placed on a front face of the photovoltaic module (), via which face the solar rays enter, in proximity to a peripheral edge () of said photovoltaic module (), and at least one DC current cable () that conveys the current generated by the at least one photovoltaic module (), characterized in that it furthermore comprises a protective sheath () that is placed, on the front face of the photovoltaic module (), encircling the junction box () and the DC current cable (), said protective sheath () having a cross-section the height of which corresponds at least to the height of the junction box () and including a window () that is located in the face of the protective sheath () that makes contact with the photovoltaic module (), via which window the junction box () protrudes from the protective sheath (), and a closable longitudinal aperture () allowing the junction box () and the DC current cable () to be accessed.

Photovoltaic plant

The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method of providing technical sizing parameters for an energy supply system supplying electrical energy to an installation connected to a public grid subject to potential service interruptions, said computer-implemented method comprising the steps of: ⋅entering electricity consumption chronology (S) of said installation; ⋅entering photovoltaic production capacity limits and energy storage unit capacity limits (S); ⋅estimating a ratio (S) of self-sufficiency or of self-consumption, or of internal rate of return; ⋅displaying (S) a plurality of energy supply system configurations on user interface means; wherein each configuration is associated to a sensitivity parameter, said sensitivity parameter enabling to determine the optimized technical sizing parameters of the energy supply system regarding the reliability of the public grid. The present invention further relates to a computer program product aimed at being executed on a computer system to implement this computer-implemented method.

Computer-implemented method of providing technical sizing parameters of an energy supply system, computer program product for providing such technical sizing parameters, and computer system for providing such an energy supply system

A flexible laminate of photovoltaic cells is provided, including a layer of photovoltaic cells that are connected to one another; a front layer and a back layer configured to encapsulate the layer of photovoltaic cells; and an outer film of flexible material with anti-soiling properties disposed on the front layer, the outer film having an average roughness that is less than 1 &#x3bc;m. There is also provided a method for decreasing or limiting soiling on a surface of a flexible laminate of photovoltaic cells, the method including applying an outer film of flexible material with anti-soiling properties to the front layer, the outer film having an average roughness that is less than 1 &#x3bc;m.

Flexible laminate of photovoltaic cells and associated method

A photovoltaic panel is provided, including a plastic support sheet having a cellular core; a laminate of photovoltaic cells fixed to the support sheet; and a plastic and/or composite frame including longitudinal profile sections for laterally protecting the laminate of photovoltaic cells and the support sheet, and corner-shaped portions connecting the longitudinal profile sections together in order therewith to form a closed frame.

Photovoltaic panel

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Valérick Cassagne