Treacy, Oksana2019-01-252017Treacy, O. (2017). Evaluation Of Solar Pv Installation In Wheatland County (Unpublished report). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.http://hdl.handle.net/1880/109733In 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.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.report10.11575/PRISM/35992