Projected Costs of Generating Electricity - OECD Nuclear Energy ...
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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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