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Solar Photovoltaic


For those countries which are beginning to get engaged in solar energy, IES is well accepted as a company which is able to provide neutral, manufacturer independent information and consultancy. Even political, legal and administrative information can be provided by IES, because it actively participated in all the discussions concerning these areas in France and Canada during the last years.

IES experts are actively participating in various working groups concerned with the optimisation and further development of solar systems or their components, such as the CANSIA (Canadian Solar Industry Association) or EPIA (European Photovoltaic Industry Association), which aims at analysing existing problems and developing proposals for pre-competitive research in the field of PV.

Complementing the solar farm design services, IES also offers technical due diligence, which is a thorough analysis of the complete solar farm project including all planning, financing, building permit and contract documents in order to minimise the project risk for investors, developers and owners.

During a due diligence process all the project-specific risks will be identified and quantified by IES. Any further measurements or optimisations resulting from this independent analysis will reduce the uncertainties and so improve the chances of success of the solar farm project.

SERVICES PROVIDED:

Project review before implementation

  • Solar measurements
  • Energy yield assessment
  • Solar farm design
  • Assumed power curve
  • Uncertainties and cost-benefits
  • Certification status and site-specific assessment
  • Cost assumptions (O&M)
  • Sales and warranty contracts
  • Permits and licences (technical issues)
  • Park cabling and grid connection


Project monitoring during implementation

  • Project schedule and major milestones
  • Costs vs budget
  • Quality of the performed work
  • Site inspection
  • Validation of draw down requests


Project evaluation after completion

  • Fulfilment of the construction contracts
  • Solar Systme inspections
  • Commissioning and initial operation


Project verification during operation

  • Periodic inspection
  • Review of operation data
  • Review of O&M procedures
  • Performance verification (power curve)



Some past projects

• GERSOL Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant (France) - Project development and technical feasibility study for a 12MWp photovoltaic power plant. Engineering and financial analysis; dimensioning of the solar system; regulatory and environmental impact study; full project management.

• Various projects (Windsor, Ontario - Cadana) - Full pre-feasibility and feasibility studies for photovoltaic energy projects in 18 different sites.

• Highway toll booth 30 Kwp photovoltaic project (Pau, France) - Engineering and dimensioning of building-integrated photovoltaic project.

• Public High-School Thin-Film PV Installation (Mont-de-Marsan, France) - Renewable energy feasibility and implementation. 600m2 of thin-film PV technology installation - evaluation of PV production, project management.

• Rural Electrification of a mountain refuge using PV and small hydro (Pau, France) - Off-grid turn‐key photovoltaic project.

• Rural electrification of mountain refuge (Hautes-Pyrénées, France) - Off-grid photovoltaic feasibility study.