The average cost of BOS and installation for PV systems is in the range of USD 1.6 to USD 1.85/W, depending on whether the PV system is ground-mounted or rooftop, and whether it has a tracking system (Bony, 2010 and Photon, 2011). The LCOE of PV systems is therefore highly dependent on BOS and installation costs, which include:
The first year of the cost should not be discounted to reflect the present value and there is no system energy output to be degraded. Ref. has also provided a review on the methodology of properly calculating the LCOE for solar PV.
This study carried out on discount rates can be applied to the evaluation of investments made by companies using solar PV systems to produce energy and with a capacity of 5000 kW. To be able to obtain the discount rate, we used market and firm economic and financial data from the period analyzed, which makes the study only valid for that period.
Other factors are the period of interest, the firm’s activity, market risk, and the level of debt of firms in the sector. The main objective of this study is thus to estimate the discount rate for companies using photovoltaics to produce solar power.
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A discount rate at 5% is used to be in line with the best discount rate for PV systems in Kenya . The resultant LCOE basecase for the system is $0.093/kWh. The results from the sensitivity analysis on marginal LCOE, LCOE system and LCOD are presented in Fig. 7.
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