TECHNICAL STUDY TOUR

• A small floating solar PV installation, at Lac de la Madone, developed as a pilot project by CNR, with a capacity of 230 kW. It is located in the southern French Rhône Département, about 450 km from Antibes.

• A unique telecontrol system in Lyon, which optimises the production of renewable energy from renewable sources. Known as the ‘Cocpit’, developed by France’s major renewable energy producer CNR with 3000 MW of hydropower on the Rhône, the centre is a unique platform bringing together three operational skills to act in synergy:

– meteorological forecasting and the optimization of production, which works in close harmony with the hydropower plants to make the energy produced as profitable as possible;

– remote control of 19 hydro plants on the Rhône to control production reactively and precisely; and,

– a ‘front office’ to sell the electricity produced on the wholesale market.

When CNR began to invest in wind and solar power, it developed a new activity within the Cocpit to forecast these ‘meteorological energies’ and to anticipate their future management on the wholesale electricity market.

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Delegates will depart after breakfast for a journey by coach taking them through the stunning landscape of Provence, stopping for coffee and lunch en route, and travelling first to Lac de la Madone, and then on to Lyon to the Cocpit.

Arrangements are being made for an optional dinner and overnight stay in the Lyon region, and transfers can be arranged to Lyon airport next morning.

Full details of the itinerary will be announced very shortly.

Aqua-Media would like to express sincere appreciation to CNR for arranging this trip in recent days, following the necessary change to our original tour.