This document summarises the results of the activities in Work Package 2 of the Interreg 2 Seas SOLARISE project and includes also information emerging from the interaction among consortium partners and with the target groups. This document is a guide package reporting on the diversity of solar energy applications cases, including historical buildings, public buildings, municipal housing, living labs, and solar farms. Since the applications of solar energy and associated technologies is in continuous change, this document may reflect just the current situation in a specific region, and it may not be up to date in just a few years.
The solar energy deployment in the 2 Seas countries involved in the SOLARISE project, which has partners in Belgium, France, Netherlands, and the UK, is carried out in unique ways in each country and involves different regulatory and legal environments. Despite the barriers and challenges due to the different national policies and local measures of each country, a common methodology for feasibility studies of each case of application has been developed in this project. The information related to the diversity of application cases for the successful deployment of solar energy harvesting is gathered in 6 factsheets that summarise the findings from deliverables D2.1.1, D2.2.1, D2.3.1, and D2.4.1. The first factsheet in this report starts by describing this common methodology that has been used to help to carry out feasibility studies of solar energy projects in a way that is applicable to different types of projects, which are described in the five subsequent factsheets.
The identification of best practices in solar energy projects is important, as this helps develop awareness on the processes, systems and technologies that are the keys for success in these endeavours. However, it is not straightforward to identify good practices in solar energy applications, since goodness depends on different subjective factors, and relative goodness between alternatives may change over time.
Within SOLARISE, a small database containing relevant and newer solar installations has been started with the contribution of the consortium partners. The collected information represents an extended set of best practices in solar energy harvesting in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and the UK. A few best practices are presented in this report in a condensed form, together with a short explanation of the main evaluation criteria, including site analysis, selection of technologies, financial feasibility, legal & social aspects that are often considered for decision making in solar energy projects.
The uptake of solar energy as proposed and exemplified by the SOLARISE project may be a step forward in reaching the 2030 EU-targets.
