Evaluation Of Solar Pv Installation In Wheatland County

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dc.contributor.authorTreacy, Oksana
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-25T17:42:51Z
dc.date.embargolift2999-01-01
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractIn December 2016, Wheatland County installed a rooftop solar photovoltaic system on its administration building under Alberta Municipal Solar Program. As solar incentives are new to Alberta, there are no performance reports for such systems in the province. To fill this gap, my study determines if the installation is producing energy as designed, while also evaluating its economic and environmental benefits and effectiveness of the subsidy. Actual electricity production and insolation are compared with projections and historical averages, generating a 25- year forecast to calculate economic and environmental benefits. Simple paybacks are compared to those published for Ontario projects. Energy and environmental performance exceeds expectations in the first eight months of operation. At the current electricity prices, it would take Wheatland County 19 years to recover its capital investment, longer than it did for Ontario projects under feed-in tariffs. Without incentives, payback time exceeds the 25-year life cycle of the system.
dc.identifier.citationTreacy, O. (2017). Evaluation Of Solar Pv Installation In Wheatland County (Unpublished report). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/35992
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/109733
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentSustainable Energy Development
dc.publisher.facultyEnvironmental Designen_US
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studiesen_US
dc.publisher.facultyHaskayne School of Businessen_US
dc.publisher.facultyLawen_US
dc.publisher.facultySchulich School of Engineeringen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgary
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dc.titleEvaluation Of Solar Pv Installation In Wheatland County
dc.typereport
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
ucalgary.scholar.levelGraduateen_US
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