Mauricio Richter

3E · iLab

The report presents these guidelines according to the following topics: O&M performance indicators and standard O&M operator services, guidelines for monitoring, forecasting, and analysis of PV plant performance and safety, the different types of maintenance services and advanced inspections, and finally the recommendations for climate-specific O&M...

The IEA PVPS Task 13 group, experts who focus on photovoltaic performance, operation, and reliability from several leading R&D centers, universities, and industrial companies, is developing a framework for the calculation of performance loss rates of a large number of commercial and research photovoltaic (PV) power plants and their related weather...

Climate is being destabilized by greenhouse gas emissions, bringing with it more extreme weather events4. The unexpected extreme weather of today will be commonplace tomorrow, challenging the reliability of PV components. Europe is undergoing an energy transition, switching from fossil fuels and nuclear power to wind and solar PV as the primary sou...

When photovoltaic (PV) projects are developed and constructed for investment purposes, financing from professional investors and banks are required, and financial models are developed that describe the expected cash-flow generated by the PV plant over the economic lifetime of the project. The calculation is based on models that require both technic...

In PV projects it is important to establish a common practice for professional risk assessment, which serves to reduce the risks associated with related investments. The objective of this paper is to present a methodology in how to improve the current understanding of several key aspects of technical risk management during the PV project lifecycle,...

Project investment has been and still is a primary financial factor in enabling sustainable growth in photovoltaic (PV) installations. When assessing the investment-worthiness of a PV project, different financial stakeholders such as investors, lenders and insurers will evaluate the impact and probability of investment risks differently depending o...

In this report, we present the current practices for infrared (IR) and electroluminescence (EL) imaging of PV modules and systems, looking at environmental and device requirements on one hand, and on the interpretation of sample patterns with abnormalities on the other hand. The goal is to provide recommendations and guidelines for using IR and EL...

In photovoltaic (PV) projects, it is important to establish a common practice for professional risk assessment, which serves to reduce the risks associated with related investments. The objective of this paper is to present a methodology on how to improve the current understanding of several key aspects of technical risk management during the PV pr...

In PV projects, it is important to understand how the variability and associated uncertainties of technical risks occurring during the planning phase are calculated and how the values are distributed in terms of probability. These aspects are essential for the calculation of the exceedance probability of the expected energy yield and how this is in...

The objective of this work is to present an overview of current prac-tices for financial modelling of PV investments and to review them in view of technical and finan-cial risks during the different phases of a PV project. This report focuses on establishing common practices for translating the technical parameters of performance and reliability in...