Title

A Review Of Pv System Performance And Life-Cycle Costs For The Sunsmart Schools Program

Abstract

In January of 2003, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection/Florida Energy Office (DEP/FEO) allocated $600,000 in hardware funds toward the installation of photovoltaic (PV) solar systems on Florida schools. As a result of this program, grid-connected PV systems less than six kilowatts in size were installed on 29 schools in the State of Florida. The Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) has monitored these systems for approximately one year of operation1. The performance of 28 of these systems was analyzed using standard performance parameters such as the performance ratio, PV array efficiency, inverter efficiency, and PV system efficiency2. In addition, a life-cycle cost analysis was conducted using new cost data values and updated market assumptions. These data will serve as a benchmark to compare against future systems with respect to performance vs. installed system cost. Copyright © 2006 by ASME.

Publication Date

11-19-2007

Publication Title

International Solar Energy Conference

Number of Pages

153-156

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1115/ISEC2006-99112

Socpus ID

36048985711 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/36048985711

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