Feasibility Study of Economics and Performance of Solar Photovoltaics in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico: A Study Prepared in Partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency for the RE-Powering America's Land Initiative: Siting Renewable Energy on Potentially Contaminated Land and Mine Sites

doi:10.2172/1013267

Feasibility Study of Economics and Performance of Solar Photovoltaics in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico: A Study Prepared in Partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency for the RE-Powering America's Land Initiative: Siting Renewable Energy on Potentially Contaminated Land and Mine Sites

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Abstract

This report presents the results of an assessment of the technical and economic feasibility of deploying a photovoltaics (PV) system on brownfield sites in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. All of the assessed sites are landfills. The sites were assessed for possible PV installations. The cost, performance, and site impacts of different PV options were estimated. The economics of the potentialsystems were analyzed using an electric rate of $0.119/kWh and incentives offered by Puerto Rico and by the serving utility, PREPA. According to the site production calculations, the most cost-effective system in terms of return on investment is the thin-film fixed-tilt technology. The report recommends financing options that could assist in the implementation of such a system.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	75
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2172/1013267
State	Published - 2011

NREL Publication Number

NREL/TP-6A20-49237

Keywords

brownfields
costs
feasibility study
financial incentives
financing options
ground-mounted PV
performance
Puerto Rico
PV systems
site impacts
solar photovoltaics (PV)

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