Soft costs of photovoltaic systems : analyses of non-hardware costs / Stefan D. Terrance, editor.

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SOFT COSTS OF PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS: ANALYSES OF NON-HARDWARE COSTS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: BENCHMARKING NON-HARDWARE BALANCE OF SYSTEM (SOFT) COSTS FOR U.S. PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS USING A DATA-DRIVEN ANALYSIS FROM PV INSTALLER SURVEY RESULTS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EXISTING LITERATURE; 3. METHODOLOGY; 4. RESIDENTIAL PV SYSTEM DATA COLLECTION AND RESULTS; 5. COMMERCIAL PV SYSTEM DATA COLLECTION AND RESULTS; 6. STUDY LIMITATIONS; 7. SUMMARY OF SURVEY RESULTS; CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK; REFERENCES.

APPENDIX A: SURVEY INSTRUMENTChapter 2: FINANCING, OVERHEAD, AND PROFIT:AN IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION OF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIRD-PARTY FINANCING OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EPC INSTALLER; 3. DEVELOPER COSTS; 4. TRANSACTIONAL COSTS; 5. TOTAL SYSTEM PRICE; 6. MARGIN VERSUS OVERHEAD; 7. SUMMARY; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A. EPC INSTALLER DIRECT AND INDIRECT CORPORATE COSTS; APPENDIX B. DEVELOPER DIRECT AND INDIRECT CORPORATE COSTS; APPENDIX C. BREAKDOWN OF DIRECT COSTSAND MARGINS.

Chapter 3: BENCHMARKING NON-HARDWARE BALANCE-OF-SYSTEM (SOFT) COSTS FOR U.S. PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS, USING A BOTTOM-UP APPROACH AND INSTALLER SURVEY -- SECOND EDITIONEXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 1. SUMMARY OF SURVEY RESULTS; 2. EXISTING LITERATURE; 3. METHODOLOGY; 4. RESIDENTIAL PV SYSTEM DATA COLLECTION AND RESULTS; 5. COMMERCIAL PV SYSTEM DATA COLLECTION AND RESULTS; 6. FINANCING, OVERHEAD, AND PROFIT COSTS; 7. STUDY LIMITATIONS; 8. COMPARISON OF 2010 AND 2012 BENCHMARKS; CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A: SURVEY INSTRUMENTS; INDEX.

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