Improving the Financeability and Attractiveness of Sustainable Energy Investments in Photovolatics: Quantifying and Managing the Technical Risk for Current and New Business Models

Project Information

Solar Bankability

Grant agreement ID: 649997

DOI 10.3030/649997

Project closed

EC signature date 9 February 2015

Start date 1 March 2015

End date 28 February 2017

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Total cost € 1 355 106,00

EU contribution € 1 355 106,00

Coordinated by

ACCADEMIA EUROPEA DI BOLZANO
Italy

Deliverables

Documents, reports (15)

Report on technical risks of PV plant operation

Snapshot of existing and new PV business models

Proceedings of final public workshop

Publications in conferences or events

Review and gap analysis of technical risks throughout PV project lifecycle and their uses in PV investment cost calculation

Proceedings of the Stakeholder Advisory Board closed workshop 3

Best practice guidelines

Guidelines of accounting for technical risk and assumptions in PV investment cost calculation

Proceedings of the Stakeholder Advisory Board closed workshop 1 and 2

Recommendations for minimizing technical risks of PV plant operation

Recommendations for minimizing technical risks in PV project development

Proceedings of first public workshop on technical risk of PV plant development and operation

Technical bankability guidelines

Report on financial model evaluation

Report on technical risks in PV project development

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Project logo, project templates and website on-line

Press releases

Publications

Conference proceedings (6)

PV Investment Financeability and Attractiveness: Improvement of Business Models through Technical Risk Quantification and Management

Author(s): C. Tjendgdrawira, A. Woyte, M. Graf von Armansperg, D. Moser, I.T. Theologitis, U. Jahn, M. Herz
Published in: 31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 2015, Page(s) 3042-3045, ISBN 3-936338-39-6
Publisher: WIP
DOI: 10.4229/EUPVSEC20152015-7DO.15.3

Comparison of Various Models for the Estimation of the Performance Loss Rate of Seven PV Technologies over Five Years in Alpine Climate

Author(s): P. Ingenhoven, G. Belluardo, D. Moser
Published in: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 2016, Page(s) 1956-1959
Publisher: EUPVSEC Proceedings
DOI: 10.4229/EUPVSEC20162016-5BV.2.33

Identification of Technical Risks in the PV Value Chain and Quantification of the Economic Impact

Author(s): D. Moser, M. Del Buono, U. Jahn, M. Herz, M. Richter, K. de Brabandere
Published in: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Issue 1428 - 1434, 2016
Publisher: EU PVSEC Proceedings
DOI: 10.4229/EUPVSEC20162016-5DP.1.1

Evaluation of Soiling during a 2-Months Drought and Construction Works Near a PV Test Facility in North-East of Italy

Author(s): G. Belluardo, P. Ingenhoven, D. Moser
Published in: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 2016, Page(s) 1997 - 2000
Publisher: EUPVSEC Proceedings
DOI: 10.4229/EUPVSEC20162016-5BV.2.46

Technical Parameters Used in PV Financial Models: Review and Analysis

Author(s): J. Vedde, M. Richter, C. Tjendgdrawira, B. Herteleer, M. Herz, U. Jahn, B. Stridh, L. Frearson, M. Green
Published in: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 2016, Page(s) 2897 - 2902
Publisher: EUPVSEC Proceedings
DOI: 10.4229/EUPVSEC20162016-7DO.14.4

The Quality of Satellite-Based Irradiation Data for Operations and Asset Management

Author(s): A. Woyte, K. de Brabandere, B. Sarr, M. Richter
Published in: 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 2016, Page(s) 1470 - 1474
Publisher: EUPVSEC Proceedings
DOI: 10.4229/EUPVSEC20162016-5AO.7.6

Peer reviewed articles (2)

Identification of technical risks in the photovoltaic value chain and quantification of the economic impact

Author(s): David Moser, Matteo Del Buono, Ulrike Jahn, Magnus Herz, Mauricio Richter, Karel De Brabandere
Published in: Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 2017, ISSN 1062-7995
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2857

Uncertainty analysis of a radiative transfer model using Monte Carlo method within 280–2500nm region

Author(s): Giorgio Belluardo, Grazia Barchi, Dietmar Baumgartner, Marcus Rennhofer, Philipp Weihs, David Moser
Published in: Solar Energy, Issue 132, 2016, Page(s) 558-569, ISSN 0038-092X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2016.03.050