Bischof-Niemz, ThomasRoro, Kittessa T2017-12-142017-12-142015-09Bischof-Neimz, T, and Roro, KT. 2015. A guideline for public entities on cost-efficient procurement of PV assets. 31st European PV Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC 2015), Hamburg, Germany, 14 - 18 September 2015978-1-5108-2013-5http://toc.proceedings.com/29703webtoc.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/9861Copyright: 2015. WIP Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur GmbH & Co. Planungs-KG. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, kindly consult the publisher's website.This paper presents a guideline for public entities on cost-efficient procurement of PV assets. Traditionally, screening of the responses to the request for proposal for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of a photovoltaic asset for a public entity is done using evaluation criteria based on installed capacity in kW, quality criteria and other user-defined specifications, while the final decision is based on total EPC price. This forces contractors to offer the minimum-required installed capacity at the minimum-required quality. In this study, however, a lifetime view is taken and Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCOE) are used to screen proposals, evaluate and determine the price ranking. LCOE of different proposals are determined using the comparison matrices of the projected installed size in kW, EPC price, Operation & Maintenance (O&M) fee and guaranteed performance ratio for an initial period. In this approach, contractors are issued with the financial model and they are required providing these inputs. Then the model calculates the LCOE. This approach requires all contractors to optimize their design towards lowest LCOE. The goal is to provide the best value on risk-adjusted, least-lifetime-cost basis.enPhotovoltaicPVPV assetsPublic procurementLifetime costsLevelised Cost of ElectricityLCOEConference PresentationBischof-Niemz, T., & Roro, K. T. (2015). A guideline for public entities on cost-efficient procurement of PV assets. WIP Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur GmbH & Co. Planungs-KG. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9861Bischof-Niemz, Thomas, and Kittessa T Roro. "A guideline for public entities on cost-efficient procurement of PV assets." (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9861Bischof-Niemz T, Roro KT, A guideline for public entities on cost-efficient procurement of PV assets; WIP Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur GmbH & Co. Planungs-KG; 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9861 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Bischof-Niemz, Thomas AU - Roro, Kittessa T AB - This paper presents a guideline for public entities on cost-efficient procurement of PV assets. Traditionally, screening of the responses to the request for proposal for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of a photovoltaic asset for a public entity is done using evaluation criteria based on installed capacity in kW, quality criteria and other user-defined specifications, while the final decision is based on total EPC price. This forces contractors to offer the minimum-required installed capacity at the minimum-required quality. In this study, however, a lifetime view is taken and Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCOE) are used to screen proposals, evaluate and determine the price ranking. LCOE of different proposals are determined using the comparison matrices of the projected installed size in kW, EPC price, Operation & Maintenance (O&M) fee and guaranteed performance ratio for an initial period. In this approach, contractors are issued with the financial model and they are required providing these inputs. Then the model calculates the LCOE. This approach requires all contractors to optimize their design towards lowest LCOE. The goal is to provide the best value on risk-adjusted, least-lifetime-cost basis. DA - 2015-09 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Photovoltaic KW - PV KW - PV assets KW - Public procurement KW - Lifetime costs KW - Levelised Cost of Electricity KW - LCOE LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2015 SM - 978-1-5108-2013-5 T1 - A guideline for public entities on cost-efficient procurement of PV assets TI - A guideline for public entities on cost-efficient procurement of PV assets UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9861 ER -