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IOS-NET

The IOS-net project is a regional cooperation project that is part of the current collective effort in the intelligent management of the renewable energy resource of solar energy.

The ENERGY-Lab Laboratory, with its expertise in solar metrology and massive data management, is the leader in the implementation of cooperation between Indian Oceanian countries

In this project, the ENERGY-Lab research team and its partners have defined a dual goal:

Expansion of the actual network to the IOC territories (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles). All partners will be equipped with identical stations.
All data collected will be freely available in a TDS server within a special file size designed for mapping. Data quality control will be ensured by ENERGY-Lab.

In terms of promotion, the project will enable :

The development of a smartphone application that displayed all data2 collected in a nearly ”real-time”.
Innovators, scientists and populations to take over the developed tools through workshops and knowledge sharing.

The IOS-net project is divided in three actions :

Action 1: Network expansion to the IOC territories.
Action 2: The opening of a database and TDS server.
Action 3: Promotion, communication and knowledge transfer.

The Reunion Island research team (LE2P) and its partner, the IOC, have set up three project objectives :

The solar radiation ground-based measurements existing network in Reunion Island extension to the IOC territories (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles) – and other standard meteorological parameters. In concrete terms, the 4 partners will be equipped with identical stations to those that LE2P has been developing for more than 7 years now in and around Reunion Island.
The accessibility of the data collected in open data on a TDS server (offering a file format specifically designed for mapping), the quality of this data being controlled by the LE2P research laboratory.
Training of local populations through knowledge transfer workshops on solar resource management : a mini-series describing the project and a smartphone application allowing to consult in real time the data of the stations will be realized.

Pyranometer SPN1

Weather transmitter WXT530

UV radiometer

Central acquisition unit

Wind turbine

Solar Panel

Solar Charge controller

Lead battery 20 AH

Galvanized steel frame

Weather Station Mounting Tests

La Réunion

Weather Station Mounting Test in La Reunion

Comoros

Weather Station Mounting Tests in Comorros

Mauritius

Weather Station Mounting Test in Mauritius

Madagascar

Weather Station Mounting Test in Madagascar

Seychelles

Weather Station Mounting Test in Seychelles

Scientific partners

The meteorological services of the different territories are today owners of the IOS-net weather stations and partners of the project :

● The Mauritius Meteorological Services (MMS) pour Maurice
● The Seychelles Meteorological Authority (SMA) pour Les Seychelles
● L’Agence Nationale de l’Aviation Civile et de la Météorologie (ANACM) pour les Comores
● La Direction Générale de la Météorologie (DGM) pour Madagascar

Financial partners

The IOS-net project is financed by two types of European fundings :
– EDF funds via the Indian Ocean Commission
– ERDF/Interreg funds: co-financing by Europe, the State and the Réunion Region

In terms of valorization, the project will allow:

Information to the population: the data collected will be public, through a free smartphone application (near real-time display of sunshine and weather on a territory map).
The transfer of skills, by training business owners and scientists in the tools developed areas.

Events

Several events have punctuated the project life :

Medias

Articles on IOS-Net actions
		Le Mauricien, 29/05/2022, Week-end The article shows how the laboratory’s regional cooperation projects, such as IOS-net, allow address the issue of energy transition in the territories of the Indian Ocean. .
		Al-Watwan (Comores) 04/04/2019.

		Seychelles Nation, 23/11/2019