Author(s):	This Technical Report is part of a study funded by the French Agency for Environment and Energy management (ADEME): “Protection guide against the effects of lightning in installations using renewable sources”. It has been mainly prepared by Moine, Gérard; Marcel, Jean-Christian photovoltaic systems engineers, Transenergie (FRA) Charoy, Alain engineer expert in electromagnetic compatibility, AEMC (FRA)
Organization:	French Agency for Environment and Energy management (ADEME), France
Date of issue:	October 2003
Type:	Report IEA  PVPS Task 3
Reference:	IEA  IEA PVPS T3-14:2003
Details:	33 p.: figures, tables; with appendix
Download:	Open or download this report as word file (376 KB)
Available from:	Task 3 members
Abstract:	This report first gathers general information about photovoltaic installations lightning protection measures and then describes lightning experts’ recommendations for different specific installations. Six examples of common installations with photovoltaic systems, as listed below, are then separately considered: Solar home power supply system Isolated household power supply system Mountain hut power supply system Radio relay power supply system Hertzian beam power supply system Pumping power supply system Recommendations made in this report are indicative. The solutions described will not guarantee 100% protection, but if applied, will serve to limit the extent of the damage caused by lightning events.

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