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

[Joel Davidson]

I thought this was just a general question, not a cost/price discussion.

Joel Davidson
"It's not so important that you understand me; just don't misunderstand me." 
Bucky Fuller

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ASAP POWER! 2" <info at asappower.com>
To: "'RE-wrenches'" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Cost per kW of a 2 mega watt installation


> 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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