[RE-wrenches] Cost per kW of a 2 mega watt installation

[ASAP POWER! 2]

Really?  I would think the word would be INcluding.  Joel, can you say "$1M
per MW" for grid connection work alone like most everyone in the
utility-scale biz??  This adds at least $1/Wp taking up time/man-hour costs,
feasibility/system impact studies with the IOU, WECC, WREGIS, CAISO, and all
costs related to getting to the point of the on-the-grid queue-in and PV
kwh's being counted and paid for.  If you've got re-conductoring or new
lines going on for anything over half a mile, might think about $2 to $3/Wp
additional to base of $4 to $6.5/watt all EPC/turnkey, plus the $1/watt grid
connection costs.  MW+ system size switchgear/transformers, etal ain't cheap
either.

By the way, anyone know more about WA state's FIT?

-----Original Message-----
From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Joel
Davidson
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 6:46 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Cost per kW of a 2 mega watt installation

Approx 6 acres for a 1 MW fixed ground mount crystalline array including
fence and inside access roads. Price excluding fence, road work, cable
trenching, and grid connection approx $7.50/W DC.

----- Original Message -----
From: "ASAP POWER! 2" <info at asappower.com>
To: "'RE-wrenches'" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 12:29 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Cost per kW of a 2 mega watt installation


> Both area and cost per kw are going to depend on the PV technology 
> platform
> and the type of mounting.  Are you talking crystalline modules or 
> thin-film
> modules?   Fixed tilt or tracking?   If tracking, unless known metrics
> already, you just gotta work it out with whatever you're working with.
>
> I recently fit 3.9MW of a large thin-film module on fixed tilt on 29.9
> acres, scheduled to come in below $4.00/W.
> For crystalline, as a very general rule of thumb, I would say .6 the area
> and 1.5 the cost?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
> [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of roger 
> dixon
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 7:07 AM
> To: tump at hughes.net; 'RE-wrenches'
> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Cost per kW of a 2 mega watt installation
>
> Did you ever get a response to this post?  If so, would you mind sharing
> it/them with me?  I am also trying to get a handle on how much
> ground/acreage a 1MW or 2MW solar installation would use.  Any idea?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roger Dixon
> Certified Wind Site Assessor
> Skylands Renewable Energy, LLC
> 908.337.2057 cell
> 908.730.6474 fax
> roger.dixon at att.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
> [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of
> tump at hughes.net
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 8:39 PM
> To: RE-wrenches
> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Cost per kW of a 2 mega watt installation
>
> Can anyone out there give me this info or have a site that I can get these
> figures. How about the area required for a project of this size?  Thanks 
> in
> advance. Tump Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

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