This category was created when I was working for the Toronto Renewable Energy Cooperative (TREC) developing policy proposals on solar photovoltaics in Ontario. Solar energy has blossomed since I worked on this project in 2009 and I haven't felt it necessary to keep this section current. In the meantime, TREC has become one of the leading developers of community-owned solar power plants in North America.
It's safe to say that Bernard Chabot has just put together the most comprehensive, detailed overview of Germany's PV market – still the largest in the world historically, though it fell to fourth...
To understand consumer behaviour it’s worthwhile firstly reviewing the rate of overall solar system installations in the last two years, as detailed in the chart below prepared by Green Energy...
In 2007 the Toronto Renewable Energy Cooperative proposed to senior executives at Toronto Hydro, Canada's largest municipal utility, the Toronto Solar Initiative. [more]
Of the 1,500 MW of Standard Offer Contracts awarded 50% of the wind contracts were granted to commercial wind developers, and 80% of the solar PV contracts were awarded to central-station plants.[more]
A Community Power Photovoltaic Project Financial Model[more]
The following chart summarizes actual installed cost of solar PV systems mostly in California.[more]
The following data is extracted from Tables of Renewable Tariffs or Feed-In Tariffs Worldwide. These tables are updated periodically. Always check the tables for current tariffs.[more]
The following tables calculate the revenue, expenses, and cash flow for a projected investment in a solar PV project. The tables also calculate various investment parameters.[more]
Below is a sampling of annual reoccurring expenses for three different solar investments in Germany. Note that these projections include a number of items often overlooked here in North America, such...[more]
The following spreadsheet calculator is a work in progress. The workbook, or notebook in Corel terminology, contains three spreadsheets: BSi Calculator, Chabot PI Method, and Rate Calculation. The...[more]
When announcing the Standard Offer Program, the Ontario Power Authority provided a simple RetScreen spreadsheet to calculate simple payback on solar PV.[more]
The following spreadsheet calculator is a work in progress. The calculator determines the price or tariff per kWh(thermal) necessary to arrive at the financial targets given for a solar hot water...[more]
The following is a rough translation of the German interconnection procedure for small solar PV systems from a flyer produced by Novotech.[more]
Ecovision, a developer of solar investment funds in Freiburg, created an investment vehicle to install solar PV systems on the roof tops of several schools in Stuttgart.[more]
My thanks to Simon Boone of Generation Solar Renewable Energy Systems for calling my attention to a simple spreadsheet function for calculating the rate of return. [more]
The following table gives the typical yields (kWh/kW/year) that can be expected at various locations mostly in North America.[more]
