Installation, cost, and performance testing of a 30 kW photovoltaic array field based on a low cost modular design
A modular building block design was developed in a preceding study which significantly reduces the balance-of-system (BOS) and site specific design costs associated with the installation of ground-mounted flat-panel photovoltaic array fields. The installation of a test-bed array field consisting of three of the building blocks (nominally 10 kW per building block) is discussed in this paper. The objective of the work reported herein is to demonstrate the cost effectiveness and the technical attributes of the low-cost modular building block design. The actual cost of the first-time installation was $134.15 (in 1982 dollars) per square meter of array aperture. The cost of a second-time installation of the three-building-block array field is estimated to be $78.38/m/sup 2/. Array field performance has been consistent with the design goals.
- Research Organization:
- Battelle Columbus Labs., OH (USA); Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 6882738
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-84-0963C; CONF-840561-6; ON: DE84011192
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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