Engineering, Procurement & Construction Best Practice Guidelines (Version 2.0)

SolarPower Europe’s Lifecycle Quality Best Practice Guidelines series – available at www.solarpowereurope.org and www.solarbestpractices.com

SolarPower Europe (2021). “Operation & Maintenance Best Practice Guidelines Version 5.0”

SolarPower Europe (2020). “Asset Management Best Practice Guidelines Version 2.0”

SolarPower Europe (2021). “Engineering, Procurement and Construction Best Practice Guidelines Version 2.0”

SolarPower Europe (2021). “Lifecycle Quality Best Practice Guidelines V1.0”

SolarPower Europe’s best practice checklists – available at www.solarbestpractices.com

Operation & Maintenance best practices checklist

Asset Management best practices checklist

Solar monitoring best practices checklist

Aerial thermography best practices checklist

Additional resources:

Badeda et al. (2021). “How to efficiently procure battery energy storage systems for hybrid energy systems through a tender process”. 5^th Hybrid Conference, 2021.

BloombergNEF (2020), PV Module Tier 1 List Methodology, Web: https://data.bloomberglp.com/professional/sites/24/BNEF-PV-Module-Tier-1-List-Methodology.pdf

Energy Storage Technology and Cost Characterization Report, July 2019, K Mongird V Fotedar V Viswanathan V Koritarov P Balducci B Hadjerioua J Alam PNNL-28866

FIDIC (2017), EPC/Turnkey Contract 2nd Ed (2017 Silver Book), Web: https://fidic.org/books/epcturnkey-contract-2nd-ed-2017-silver-book

FIDIC (1995), Design-Build and Turnkey 1st Ed (1995 Orange Book), Web: https://fidic.org/books/design-build-and-turnkey-1st-ed-1995-orange-book

https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2019 /07/f65/Storage%20Cost%20and%20Performance%20Characterization%20Report_Final.pdf

Hernandez, R.R., Armstrong, A., Burney, J. et al. (2019). Techno–ecological synergies of solar energy for global sustainability. Nat Sustain 2, 560–568 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0309-z

IECRE (2020), IEC System for Certification to Standards Relating to Equipment for Use in Renewable Energy Applications, Web: https://www.iecre.org/

Lazard’s Levelized Cost of Storage (“LCOS”) v6.0, https://www.lazard.com/media/g3jjbcgs/lazards-levelized-cost-of-storage-version-60-vf2.pdf

Meilland, Bernard (1991), Key Success Factors in Services Marketing

Rajaei A., Shahparasti M. Nabinejad A., Savaghebi M. (2020). “A High Step-Up Partial Power Processing DC/AC T-Source Converter for UPS Application”. Published in Sustainability, vol. 12(24). https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/24/10464

SolarPower Europe (2021). “Global Market Outlook for Solar Power 2021-2025”. Web: https://www.solarpowereurope.org/global-market-outlook-2020-2024/

SolarPower Europe (2021). “Sustainability Best Practices Benchmark”. https://www.solarpowereurope.org/solar-sustainability-best-practices-benchmark/  

Spagnuolo, G.; Petrone, G.; Mattavelli, P.; Guarnieri, M. (2016). "Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries: Potentials and Challenges of an Emerging Storage Technology". IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine. 10 (4): 20–31

World Bank Group (2020), General EHS guidelines references and sources. Web: https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/topics_ext_content/ifc_external_corporate_site/sustainability-at-ifc/policies-standards/ehs-guidelines

International standards

See Annex A.