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Overnight Capital <strong>Costs</strong>: Construction<br />

Table A2.14 – Solar plant investment cost coverage<br />

CZE DNK DEU USA USA<br />

PV PV PV Thermal PV<br />

Direct costs<br />

- Site preparation ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔<br />

- Civil work ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔<br />

- Material, equipment & manpower for construction ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔<br />

Indirect costs<br />

- Design, engineering & supervision ✔ x ✔ ✔ ✔<br />

- Provisional equipment & operation ✔ x ✔ ✔ ✔<br />

- Worksite administrative expenses ✔ x ✔ ✔ ✔<br />

Owner’s costs<br />

- General administration x x x ✔ ✔<br />

- Pre-operation ✔ x x ✔ ✔<br />

- R&D (plant specific) x x x x x<br />

- Spare parts ✔ x x ✔ ✔<br />

- Site selection, acquisition, licensing & public relations x x x ✔ ✔<br />

- Grid connection x ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔<br />

- Taxes (local/regional, plant specific) x x x x 3 x 3<br />

Others<br />

- Major refurbishment ✔ 1 ✔ 2 x x x<br />

- Decommissioning x x x x x<br />

- Credits x ns x x x<br />

- Contingency x ns x ✔ ✔<br />

- Miscellaneous ns ns ns ns ns<br />

Notes:<br />

1. Replacement <strong>of</strong> most stressed parts.<br />

2. Installation <strong>of</strong> new inverter after 12 years <strong>of</strong> operation.<br />

3. General state and local taxes are included, but they are not technology specific.<br />

Table A2.15 – Solar plant O&M cost coverage<br />

CZE DNK DEU USA USA<br />

PV PV PV Thermal PV<br />

Operation ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔<br />

Maintenance (materials, manpower, services) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔<br />

Engineering support staff ✔ x ✔ ✔ ✔<br />

Administration x x ✔ ✔ ✔<br />

General expenses <strong>of</strong> central services (outside the site) x x ✔ ✔ ✔<br />

Taxes & duties (plant specific) x x ✔ x x<br />

Insurance (plant specific) x x ✔ x x<br />

Major refurbishment x x x x x<br />

Credits x x x x x<br />

Others x ns ns 1 1<br />

Note:<br />

1. Specific network charges are included in the modelling and analysis, but because <strong>of</strong> the extreme variability, they are not<br />

included in the costs given in the questionnaire.<br />

Abbreviations: ✔ = included x = excluded ns = not specified<br />

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