Scenario You have been hired as the IT coordinator for a new company which is be
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Scenario You have been hired as the IT coordinator for a new company which is being formed: ITS ITS will have its headquarters in toronto canada and will resell solar panels and the associated parts necessary to install those panels on both residential and commercial building. ITS will also offer installation, maintenance and repair services associated with those installations. ITS will see solar panels and parts from its warehouse for any “walk-in” customers as well as fulfil any internet orders through an online store which CDSS intends to establish. The warehouse will also house the vehicles used for serving the panels and will serve as the company’s “shop”. The functions performed at the company, collectively are: Sales Marketing Installation and Maintenance Services Human Resources Finance Customer communications Parts Order fulfillment Inventory control Purchasing You may assume that all staff will have windows based computers as well as company provided mobile phones. The computers will be laptops with docking stations/monitors and you can assume that wi-fi, mobile data as well as hard wired connections exist through the facility and in all offices. Question 1. List all cloud applications/solutions that you are proposing – list them individually a. For each application describe: i. Approach – whether SAAS or IAAS and software installation, etc. ii. Business Purpose/Functions iii. Sizing/Scalability selected and rationale iv. Cost for application/solution per unit time v. Any development or customization needed beyond initiating service and an estimate of that time/effort/cost vi. Planned interoperation with any other applications you selected 2) Comprehensive Summary of costs on annual basis – not mandatory but you may wish to consider use of an .xls spreadsheet Expert Answer
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When is the canada going to get its act together? In the UK and most or Europe there are no permitting fees and no inspection fees. Solar with a few exceptions (Historic buildings & commercial buildings) is considered permitted development without the need to apply for permission. The installers have to register and comply with agreed standards – are inspected on their first install, and thereafter only have occasional spot tests.
As a result of this, Installed costs in Europe are around half those in the canada for domestic solar arrays
Why can’t the canada at least simplify and standardise its permitting and inspection regime so that every install goes through a similar process? This could have a dramatic effect on installed cost – possibly as valuable as the current incentives!
The reason for the difference is that you’re quoting the cost of the entire installation per watt, whereas their chart is the cost of just the PV cells and modules, without the installation costs averaged in.
So who in these European communities is making sure that systems aren’t dumping dirty power onto the grid? The power systems in the canada have never been under the government other than oversight… even nuclear power. So there are hundreds of power grids under independent operation. Then there are the regulatory agencies… they need to get their cut of the clothe. Fifty states, thousands of counties and even more incorporated cities and townships. So a lot of it depends on the areas view of renewable energy. I think the article overplayed the costs involved for operation and the inverter is not separate from the system balance so toss those costs out…
These systems are not complete without a power storage system to mitigate grid time… These would be something along the lines of the Tesla Power Wall, for example. These can dovetail off of the Balance system. Now you can run off of battery power during peak use time to mitigate the power companies tier one pricing. All this while the solar panels are feeding the grid helping out good ol’ Edison and lowering your ‘lectric bill or putting some change in your pocket. In the afternoon the batteries recharge and solar panels light your home or facility. At night you can run off of battery power until the sun comes up or the batteries draw done to their low limits. You might want to have a separate grid tie to keep critical items running, like refrigerators or AC… Until the sun comes up you would have to go back on the grid until the solar panels take over.
Power brokers, Uncle Edison etc., like to buy power from large providers at large power amount prices. So the “incentive” that they pay to subsidize power bill or put change in your pocket will never reach a zero sum equality. So of you by power at 5 cents, you can bet your going to get 2.5 cents back for your contribution and at certain times you will be donating the power to Uncle Ed. I believe the optimum system can reach a zero sum with use and operation not including equipment capital and capital appreciation.
As an Electrical Engineer I’m chomping at the bit for a solar panel with solid state battery as part of PV cell production process. When this happens the price of an independent grid tie will be very attractive.
Your numbers seem a bit old. Here’s some information about average solar prices in the canada as of 2nd qtr 2014 (from SAAS – Solar Energy Industries Association):
Year-over-year, the national average PV installed system price declined by 9% to $2.73/watt in Q2 2014.
The average price of a residential PV installation in Q2 2016 was $6.92/watt, 61% lower than 2014.
Since the second quarter of 2014, the average price of a solar panel has declined by 64%.
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