Title :
PVUSA Kerman costs
Author :
Jennings, Christina ; Candelario, Tammie ; Bhatnagar, Samir ; Farmer, Brian ; Reyes, Antonio ; Shipman, Dan ; O´Brien, Kevin
Author_Institution :
Pacific Gas & Electr. Co., San Ramon, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper documents PVUSA´s costs associated with a utility-grade 500-kWp PV power system in Kerman, California, USA. Results are based on August 1991 through March 1993 actual costs, representing site development through PV system start-up, and April 1993 through June 1993 estimated costs associated with completing outstanding contractual items and system acceptance by PG&E. Costs in addition to the $9.00/Wp price for the turnkey PV system total $3.34/Wp , for a PVUSA Kerman cost of $12.34/Wp. As a PV grid-support application validation, PVUSA Kerman has research costs. If PVUSA Kerman were not a research project and if the site, schedule, and infrastructure were optimized, preliminary analysis indicates that the $3.34/Wp might have been reduced to around $2.20/Wp
Keywords :
costing; economics; photovoltaic power systems; project engineering; 500 kW; PV power system; USA; costs; development; research; turnkey project; Code standards; Contracts; Costs; Design engineering; Engineering management; Power engineering and energy; Project management; Proposals; SCADA systems; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1993., Conference Record of the Twenty Third IEEE
Conference_Location :
Louisville, KY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1220-1
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.1993.346964
