PVMaT advances in the photovoltaic industry and the focus of future PV manufacturing R&amp;D

Mitchell, R.; Witt, C.E.; King, Richard J.; Ruby, D.S.

doi:10.1109/pvsc.2002.1190881

Cited by 21 publications

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“…17 The proposed module cost is also consistent with crystalline silicon manufacturing cost projections developed through the US DOE Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology (PVMaT) program. 18 While module costs and fixed costs require substantial cost reductions to achieve the 2015 goal, this comparison validates the creative system BOS approach developed by TEP at Springerville by already achieving the array field BOS target projected for the next decade. As annual PV installation quantities increase in future years it is expected that the fixed costs will be diluted over larger amounts of installed capacity and will be reduced on a $ per Wdc basis.…”

Section: Energy Costsupporting

confidence: 59%

Five years of operating experience at a large, utility‐scale photovoltaic generating plant

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2007

Progress in Photovoltaics

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Tucson Electric Power Company (TEP), headquartered in Tucson, AZ, currently has nearly 5Á0 MWdc of utility-scale grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems installed in its service territory. These systems have been installed through a multiyear, pay-as-you-go development of renewable energy, with kWhac energy production as a key program measurement. This PV capacity includes a total of 26 crystalline silicon collector systems, each rated at 135 kWdc for a total of 3Á51 MWdc, that have been installed at the Springerville, AZ generating plant by TEP making this one of the largest PV plants in the world. This facility started operations in 2001 and recently passed the 5-year milestone of continuous operations. These systems were installed in a standardized, cookie-cutter approach whereby each uses the same array field design, mounting hardware, electrical interconnection, and inverter unit. This approach has allowed TEP to achieve a total installed system cost of $5Á40/Wdc and a TEP-calculated levelized energy cost of $0Á062/kWhac for PV electrical generation. This paper presents an assessment of operating experience including performance, costs, maintenance, and plant operation over this 5-year period making this one of the most detailed and complete databases of utility-scale PV systems available to the US DOE Program.

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Section: Energy Costsupporting

confidence: 59%

Five years of operating experience at a large, utility‐scale photovoltaic generating plant

Moore

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2007

Progress in Photovoltaics

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“…The proposed module cost is also consistent with crystalline silicon manufacturing cost projections developed through the US DOE Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology (PVMaT) program [12]. While module costs and fixed costs require substantial cost reductions to achieve the 2015 goal, this comparison validates the creative system BOS approach developed by TEP at Springerville by already achieving the array field BOS target projected for the next decade.…”

Section: Energy Costsupporting

confidence: 69%

Photovoltaic Power Plant Experience at Tucson Electric Power

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2005

Energy Conversion and Resources

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Tucson Electric Power Company (TEP) currently has nearly 5.0 MWdc of utility-scale grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems that have been installed in its service territory since 2000. Most of this installed PV capacity is in support of the Arizona Corporation Commission Environmental Portfolio Standard (EPS) goal that encourages TEP to generate 1.1% of its energy generation through renewable resources by 2007, with 60% of that amount from photovoltaics. The EPS program provides for multi-year, pay-as-you-go development of renewable energy, with kWhac energy production as a key program measurement. A total of 26 crystalline silicon collector systems, each rated at 135 kWdc, have been installed at the Springerville, AZ generating plant by TEP making this one of the largest PV plants in the world. These systems were installed in a standardized, cookie-cutter approach whereby each uses the same array field design, mounting hardware, electrical interconnection, and inverter unit. This approach has allowed TEP to achieve a total installed system cost of $5.40/Wdc and a TEP-calculated levelized energy cost of $0.10/kWhac for PV electrical generation. During this time, much has been learned regarding performance, cost, maintenance, installation and design. This paper presents an assessment of these topics and a perspective associated with this PV experience.

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“…Growth in the expected future demand for PV has led to an increase in the average annual output of PV manufacturing plants of more than two orders of magnitude (Maycock and Stirewalt, 1985;Maycock, 1994Maycock, , 2002Ghannam et al, 1997;Mitchell et al, 2002). Growing demand has enabled manufacturers to build larger facilities, which exploit economies of scale by absorbing indivisible costs.…”

Section: Plant Sizementioning

confidence: 99%