Methodology for the photovoltaic solar energy projects evaluation

Abstract

Scientific evidence points to the excessive use of fossil fuels as responsible for climate change. Within the world's high energy consumption, electricity has been the element with the fastest-growing demand in the last 25 years. The increase in renewable energy generation sources has transformed the global electricity supply, positioning electricity as a response to environmental challenges. Unfortunately, thousands of projects proposed and developed over time either have not met the expectations or have not been implemented. One of the most important reasons for these inconveniences is that these projects do not include a comprehensive feasibility analysis and evaluation methodology. The current proposals mainly consider a technical-financial evaluation and leave aside other essential evaluations such as social, environmental, legal, political, economic, and technological, which, when not evaluated, negatively impact the project. Consequently, it is proposed to innovate the development of a comprehensive evaluation methodology that includes the essential variables of the social, environmental, political, legal, technical, technological, financial, economic, and commercial dimensions that mitigate the frequent problems that occur in photovoltaic solar energy