PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEMS PROGRAMME

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Program Design, Management and Quality Assurance

• Reports IEA T9-042003 and T9-052003
• Author Mark Fitzgerald
• Institute for Sustainable Power, Inc.
• Presenter Geoff Stapleton

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The Recommended Practice Guide is Aimed at
Programme Decision makers From

• Bilateral and Multilateral Institutions
• Host Governments in developing countries
• PV programme developers and sponsors
• PV producers and suppliers
• Entrepreneurs
• NGOs

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Why Recommended Practice Guides for Planning and
Quality?

• Poor design is often the root cause of
  unsuccessful programme or project implementation
• However, it is important to know that there can
  never be a blueprint for designing programmes

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Programme Planning, Design, and Implementation
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The Recommended Practice Guide Details Four
Phases of PV Programme Planning

• Preparation
• Programme design
• Implementation and,
• Monitoring/Evaluation.

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Preparation Phase

• Consideration of overall policy objectives
• A needs assessment
• Stakeholder consultation
• Capacity Requirements
• Analysis of technical supply options
• Evaluation of benefits, costs, and consequences

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Design Phase

• Identify goals and objectives
• Ensure project is sufficiently financed
• Programme activities, schedules and milestones
• Programme logistics and budgets
• Determine Management and Team leaders etc
• Undertake the capacity building
• Quality assurance of project and equipment
• Make provision for the ongoing performance of the
  programme

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Implementation Phase

• Quality control, management, and evaluation
• Information management system
• Capacity building

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Why are Monitoring and Evaluation so Important?

• Planning may fail to identify potential negative
  effects, challenges, impacts, or unintended
  consequences
• Monitoring may allow for adapting the program to
  address difficulties or new opportunities
• Provides lessons for future projects

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Quality Programmes
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Quality Programmes

• General Quality Systems
• Standards
• Hardware Quality
• Training and Workforce Quality

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General Quality Systems

• For example ISO 90012000
• Consistency and continuity of policies and
  practices
• Auditable Internal and Third Party
• Improves reliability

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Standards

• Local, National, Regional, and International
• Consensus development
• Stakeholders and subject-matter experts

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Hardware Quality

• ISO/IEC TC-82
• Global Approval Program for PV (PV GAP)
• European, Japanese, US, APEC

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Training and Workforce Quality

• Institute for Sustainable Power
• International Core Standards, adapted to national
  needs by local experts
• Workforce Quality for Systems and Program
  Reliability
• Quality for Customer Satisfaction
• Sustainable, Local Jobs

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Conclusions

• Many rural electrification programs fail because
  of poor planning, implementation, and quality
• Care in the early phases of program development
  reduce costs and failures
• The IEA PVPS Task 9 Recommended Practice Guides
  are designed to provide experience and lessons
  learned for project developers and project
  managers