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PV 100 kW grid-connected installation motorway N13 fact sheet

Abstract

The evaluation of the potential of a large grid connected PV-installation using existing soundbarriers along motorway and railway lines was carried out in 1987/1988. Due to the conclusion of the feasibility study, the Swiss Government has commissioned the authors to construct the first 100 kW pilot installation in the Swiss Alps. This demonstration power plant shows the feasibility of this approach and has been completed and gone on grid at the end of 1989. Using the existing foundation of the soundbarriers along Swiss motorways should reduce the unit price of electricity produced. The plan to build three more similar 100 kW installations will demonstrate the cost reduction of similar plants. The unit price for PV produced electricity for 1989 is in the range of SFr. 0.82 to 1.16/kWh (US$ 0.53 to .75/kWh). Further installations should cut this cost down 50% before the year 2000. (author)
Authors:
Nordmann, T; Clavadetscher, L [1] 
  1. TNC Consulting AG, Chur (CH)
Publication Date:
Jul 01, 1991
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
ENET-9100158/2
Reference Number:
SCA: 140600; PA: CH-92:000068; SN: 92000761187
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jul 1991
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANTS; SWITZERLAND; ELECTRIC POWER; COST; ALPS; ROADS; BASEMENTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; COMPILED DATA; 140600; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEMS
OSTI ID:
10152836
Research Organizations:
Bundesamt fuer Energiewirtschaft, Bern (Switzerland)
Country of Origin:
Switzerland
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE92529439; TRN: CH9200068
Availability:
OSTI; Available from URL http://www.bfe.admin.ch/dokumentation/energieforschung/index.html?lang=en. Enter author’s name or original publication title, or use the Text-Search option
Submitting Site:
CH
Size:
16 p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 15, 1992

Citation Formats

Nordmann, T, and Clavadetscher, L. PV 100 kW grid-connected installation motorway N13 fact sheet. Switzerland: N. p., 1991. Web.
Nordmann, T, & Clavadetscher, L. PV 100 kW grid-connected installation motorway N13 fact sheet. Switzerland.
Nordmann, T, and Clavadetscher, L. 1991. "PV 100 kW grid-connected installation motorway N13 fact sheet." Switzerland.
@misc{etde_10152836,
title = {PV 100 kW grid-connected installation motorway N13 fact sheet}
author = {Nordmann, T, and Clavadetscher, L}
abstractNote = {The evaluation of the potential of a large grid connected PV-installation using existing soundbarriers along motorway and railway lines was carried out in 1987/1988. Due to the conclusion of the feasibility study, the Swiss Government has commissioned the authors to construct the first 100 kW pilot installation in the Swiss Alps. This demonstration power plant shows the feasibility of this approach and has been completed and gone on grid at the end of 1989. Using the existing foundation of the soundbarriers along Swiss motorways should reduce the unit price of electricity produced. The plan to build three more similar 100 kW installations will demonstrate the cost reduction of similar plants. The unit price for PV produced electricity for 1989 is in the range of SFr. 0.82 to 1.16/kWh (US$ 0.53 to .75/kWh). Further installations should cut this cost down 50% before the year 2000. (author)}
place = {Switzerland}
year = {1991}
month = {Jul}
}