This is a repeat call to those who (1) use or plan to use NREL's Solar Advisor Module and (2) would like to form a "user's group" to share experiences, helpful hints, and perhaps lobby NREL for new and/or improved features. So far Joel Davidson has expressed an interest. Any others interested? If so, please contact Joel and me off-line. I have just begun to use SAM and I am fairly happy with it - so far, but I have one question: "We would like to compare LCOE with a "do nothing option". In other words, we want to show a potential customer what the LCOE is for a PV System COMPARED with "doing nothing" for the next 20 years - just buying electricity from the utility as always." So, for example if LCOE is $0.18/kWh and current utility rates are $0.16/kWh, the investment doesn't look so god. But if we can do LCOE on the "do nothing" option, I am sure it will come back way over $0.16/kWh. I guess I can kludge something together using Excel, but it would be great if we could do it in SAM. - Peter Peter T. Parrish, Ph.D., President California Solar Engineering, Inc. 820 Cynthia Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90065 CA Lic. 854779, NABCEP Cert. 031806-26 [email protected] Ph 323-258-8883, Mobile 323-839-6108, Fax 323-258-8885
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