The document discusses the contributions of IRESEN in Morocco towards renewable energy development, particularly focusing on solar energy projects and funding initiatives. IRESEN has allocated significant funds for research and development, facilitating collaborations between Moroccan and foreign institutions, leading to over 47 innovative projects in solar thermal, wind, and photovoltaic energy. It also outlines various research activities and the establishment of a testing platform to assess solar technologies adapted to Moroccan climate conditions.

1. - Contributions from Netherlands and Morocco -
Institut de Recherche en Energie Solaire et Energies Nouvelles
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WORKSHOP ON INSTIGATORS AND BARRIERS TO RENEWABLE
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT
November 16th 2015, Rabat

2. Index
Introduction of IRESEN
Solar potentials
Green Energy Park – International Research
and test platform for Solar Energy
Photovoltaic: technology roadmap and testing platform

3. IRESEN: Applied R&D in Renewable Energy

4. IRESEN – Funding Agency
• IRESEN is playing an important role in applied R&D in Morocco through the financing of
renewable energy projects and will finance 50 millions Euro till 2020.
15 Millions Euro
allocated to applied R&D projects
9 Calls of proposals
InnoTherm I & II in 2012 in the field of le
thermal solar, InnoPV , InnoWind and
Innotherm III in 2013 in the field of le
thermal solar, wind energy and solar enegy
More than 100 consortia
between moroccan and foreign
universities and companies
47 innovative projects
are in progress in different sectors :
thermal solar, Wind energy and
Photovoltaic energy
IRESEN
Funding since 2012

5. Solar thermal
technologies and
applications
Storage
Water treatment using
solar energy
Wind and solar
resource assessment
Wind power and
Photovoltaic
Photovoltaic
Solar thermal energy
(CSP)
Smart Grids Biomass Electrical mobility
IRESEN – Funding Agency
Topics since 2012
2012 2013
2014 2015

6. Succes Stories
Batteries lithium-ion project
Development of cold lithium-ion batteries: University Cadi
Ayyad of Marrakech and the MANAGEM group
CHAMS I project
Development of the first Moroccan CSP system (Fresnel)
University Moulay Ismaïl of Meknes, Inter Tridim and
Aqylon
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Call for proposals: examples

7. Index
Introduction of IRESEN
Solar potentials
Green Energy Park – International Research
and test platform for Solar Energy
Photovoltaic: technology roadmap and testing platform

8. Huge potential - Solar irradiation in Morocco
GHI - Global Horizontal Irradiance DNI - Direct Normal Irradiance
Source: IRESEN, MinesParisTech, Transvalor
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9. Exclusion zoning
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10. PROPRE.MA (2014-2016), overall project objective
Designing photovoltaic production cartography for
monocrystalline silicon, polycrystalline and amorphous
technologies connected to the grid with ground calibration
using 20 identical systems
PROPRE.MA, the network
The network consists of 21 institutions involved in the project
represented by 22 faculty members. The research group
consists of a core group of experts and local facilitators whose
role is to mobilize and aggregate local human resources
around the project.
PROPRE.MA includes each year
40 Master students who receive scholarships during their internships, 20 PhD students
Approximately 10,000 kWh of electricity annually saved by institution
150 tons of annual CO2 not emitted into the atmosphere
Tests and training
Solar yield cartography « PROPRE.MAROC »

11. Moroccan solar projects

12. Index
Introduction of IRESEN
Solar potentials
Green Energy Park – International Research
and test platform for Solar Energy
Photovoltaic: technology roadmap and testing platform

13. IRESEN – Research platform R2I

14.  First R&D test platform involving moroccan and foreign universities and companies
to create synergies and an excellence cluster in the field of solar energy,
 Budget: 20 millions €,
 3100 m² labs: TF Cell lab, PV module production, PV module caracterisation lab,
material caracterisation lab, CSP labs including phogrammetry, deflectometriy and
HTF test systems,
 1,2 Ha: testing platforms
 6,5 Ha: pilot projects
R&D and test platform for solar energy
- Green Energy Park -

15. R&D and test platform for solar energy
- Green Energy Park -

16. Ellipsomètre
Marque : HORIBA
Spectromètre Infrarouge FTIR
Marque : THERMOFISHER
Cell Flasher
Marque : ENDEAS
Système 4 pointes
Marque : MICROWORLD
Wet leakage current testing system
Marque : HOTOTECH
Stringer
Marque : ATN LIGHT BEAM
Laminateur
Marque : P.ENERGY
Mechanical Load tester
Marque : HOTOTECH
Electroluminescence
Marque : BUCHANAN
Flasher
Marque : ENDEAS
Camera à Thermographie infrarouge
Marque : FLIR
Cluster Tool Facility
Marque : TES
Réflectomètre 15-R USB
Marque : DEVICES AND SERVICES CO
Testeur de lessivabilité et d’abrasion
Marque : ERICHSEN
Drop Shape Analyser
Marque : KRÜSS
Balances ABT 100-5M / 120-5DM
Marque : KERN
Microscope Optique B-353POL
Marque : OPTIKA
Microscope électronique XL 40
Marque : PHILIPS
Système QFOTO
Marque : CSP SERVICES
Système QDEC
Marque : CSP SERVICES
Enceinte climatique Platinous
Marque : ESPEC
Chambre à brouillard salin HT-2100
Marque : HOTOTECH
R&D and test platform for solar energy

17. Index
Introduction of IRESEN
Solar potentials
Green Energy Park – International Research
and test platform for Solar Energy
Photovoltaic: technology roadmap and testing platform

18. Is Morocco and the desert the right place for PV modules?
What’s about reliability, O&M, OPEX,..
Before cleaning, 48 h after the
installation of modules
After cleaning

19. Supporting the technology roadmap for Morocco
• to support a development of a
Moroccan solar energy industry
• to become a hub in the field of
renewable energy in Morocco, in the
MENA region and Africa.
I
II
III
IV
to identify adapted technologies to the
Moroccan climate conditions
to develop adapted solar technologies to the
Moroccan climate conditions
to secure the Moroccan market
Grid integration of PV
IRESEN – Research activities
PV example

20. R&D and test platform for solar energy
- Green Energy Park -
- The PV outdoor test platforms are designed, combining
a multitude of test-set-ups, in order to investigate and
characterize PV modules in harsh weather conditions and
to get valuable data about their performances in situ.
The results that will be obtained in this platform will
help: to implement a new adapted certification process
for the outdoor measurement and characterization, to
assess PV technologies and to develop new adapted
technologies.

21. PV Test set ups
Test-Set-Up 7: PV System
 comparison of different inverters (exchange of inverters) for
consistent module technology
 or comparison of different module technologies for consistent
inverters
Test-Set-Up 4: Meteorological Sensor System
 the climatic and location-specific conditions are to be
investigated in relation to the yield behavior
Test-Set-Up 3: Module Performance Measurements
 detailed data collection on yield and behavior of photovoltaic
modules under real ambient conditions
Test-Set-Up 2: Module and Components Outdoor
Exposure
 special material ageing tests on modules and specimen to
provide an essential basis for the reliability and service life
analyses of photovoltaic modules in the region
Test-Set-Up 1: Solar-Tracking-System
– changing of module orientation angles, for a faster
module characterization (to get a multifarious data set)
Test-Set-Up 5: Outdoor PID- Evaluation
 an electric potential between the cells and the module frame
results in an electric field that leads to a charge accumulation
at the emitter and can short-circuit cells.
 different types of modules are to be tested for this type of
degradation
Test-Set-Up 6: Module Performance Comparison of
Different Technologies
 to be able to better assess the yield behavior of different
module technologies in steppe-like and desert regions

22. Development of desert modules
Material and components ageing tests

23. Assessment of Solar Photovoltaic Technologies Using
Multiple Perspectives and Decision Modeling - STEEP -
- Social: impact on society,
- Technical: technical
performance,
- Economic: cost of technology
diffusion, market adoption and
life-cycle costs,
- Environmental: impact of the environment and ecosystem,
- Political: political motivation, policies and regulations, market
special interest, compliance and security.

24. Bridges between universities and
companies to promote innovation: R2I

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