Management Presentation September 2010 Solarcentury
Jan 28, 2015
Management PresentationSeptember 2010Solarcentury
Company Highlights
A building integrated solar market leader – a downstream business
Unique & Strong in-house R&D & IP, 4% revenue invested
+40% annual growth business driven by own product innovation
Offices in UK, France, Spain and Italy; 115 employees
Manufacturing partnership with Sony UK and Jiawei, China
Strong supply chain underpinned by relationships with leading global suppliers
The PV project stages
Engineering
PV
Mounting
Inverter
Installation
Development EPC O&M
Planning
Grid permission
FiT provider
Finance
Operation
Maintenance
Measurement
1 2 3
The PV project stages
Engineering
PV
Mounting
Inverter
Installation
Development EPC O&M
Planning
Grid permission
FiT provider
Finance
Operation
Maintenance
Measurement
1 2 3
Narrowing choices
Objectives: return (how much), CSR, planning, brand, energy security Risk appetite and financial structure: who is going to own the system? Capex and access to debt Opportunity:
- land - roofs- new roofs
Location: availability of irradiance Yield vs Size of system Timing Hassle factor!
Bari, Italy - 1MW ground mounted
Hutton Mews, Putney
Monocrystalline(8m2/kWp)(7m2/kWp)
PV
Polycrystalline
Hybrid(6m2/kWp)
Amorphous(15-20m2/kWp)
Cloudy conditions
V.largesurface areas
Smallsurface areas
Good yield
Largesurface areas
Good yield
Smallsurface areas
V.good yield
Monocrystalline(7m2/kWp)
Smallsurface areas
Good yield
Hybrid(6m2/kWp)
Smallsurface areas
V.good yield
Amorphous(15-20m2/kWp)
V.largesurface areas
(8m2/kWp)Polycrystalline
Largesurface areas
Good yield
Mounting structures
On roof – suitable for high quality roofs, structurally sound that will last for 25 years
PV is the roof – suitable for replacing poor quality roofs, for high wind loadings, to max out the roof and ideal for new build
Certification is tightening up
PV is the roof
Skylights and vents
Comes with skylights and/or roof vents
Gutters
Gutter brackets fixed to angle-section at 40cm
centres.
Angle-section fixed to underside of MSR.
MP sheets
PV Module
MIC
IPN / IPESteel Purlin
Module ProtectionSheet
MSR
MP Sheet provides protection to the junction box and
cabling at the rear of PV module from chemical environments (gases, vapours
etc.) or physical protection from activities within the building
Integrated insulation
1. T-Profile support rail2. Locking bracket3. Insulated panel with Kraft aluminium vapour barrier (80mm – Rd 2.25)4. not shown – additional 100mm of insulation on top to give Rd 3.65
The insulated panels are installed between the I-beams (purlins) of the roof structure :
Purlin
Density = 3.5 kg/m²
Design and installation
MCS Track record Price considerations… … and yield potential expressed
as Performance Ratio
The effectiveness of the PV system (i.e. how well it is designed and installed) is the ratio between the AC kWh energy delivered compared to the DC kWh potential.
PV SYSTEM ModulesInvertersStringing
PERFORMANCE RATIOTHE measure of
PV system effectiveness
Available radiation at array:SHADING
ORIENTATIONINCLINATION
YEAR to YEAR variation
AC kWh
SITE & WEATHER
CONSTRAINED
Financing options
Farmer
Developer
EPC
Investor
Utility
Farmer
Developer
EPC
O&M O&M
Investor owns system
££££
£££
Farmer owns system
Next steps
Ground mount? Developer partner: Savills Suitable roof? Please speak to myself or Oliver Sylvester Bradley
Thank you