Research project on Photovoltaics and fire safety
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Notice summary: This study is for a 3 year research project to investigate fire safety of photovoltaics. The study will include a literature survey, a survey of standards, investigations of fires and recommendations. Description: Statistics show that solar PV deployment has risen very rapidly over the last 4 years, driven by large global drop in technology costs. There are more than 0.6 million UK buildings with solar PV installed with solar PV capacity in the UK reaching 5.2GW by the end of February 2015. A recent impact assessment indicated that the UK could have 12-14 GW of solar PV by 2020. PV-related fires are extremely rare; however, a small number of fires involving PV syste…
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- What the buyer calls it
- Research project on Photovoltaics and fire safety
- How they are buying
- The buyer did not say
- Type
- services
- Suitable for small firms
- The buyer says yes. What that is worth
- Work starts
- 19 Jul 2015
- Work ends
- 28 Feb 2018
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