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-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of roger dixon Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 7:07 AM To: t...@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.di...@att.net -----Original Message----- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of t...@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 _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
