Data for the project management, life cycle inventory, costings and energy production of a ground-mounted photovoltaic farm in Greece

George Tsinarakis; Victor Kouloumpis; Anastasia Pavlidou; George Arampatzis

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2023.109260

Data for the project management, life cycle inventory, costings and energy production of a ground-mounted photovoltaic farm in Greece

Data Brief. 2023 May 29:48:109260. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109260. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Authors

George Tsinarakis^{1

2}, Victor Kouloumpis¹, Anastasia Pavlidou³, George Arampatzis¹

Affiliations

¹ Industrial and Digital Innovations Research Group (INDIGO), School of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete, Technical, University Campus, Akrotiri, Chania, 73100 Crete, Greece.
² Department of Financial & Management Engineering, School of Business Studies, University of the Aegean, Kountouriotou 41, 82100 Chios, Greece.
³ P.S.T. S.A., 48, 25th Martiou str., Edessa 58200, Greece.

Abstract

Data was collected using standard communication equipment and invoices provided by an established civil construction and renewable energy development and operation company. Data referring to the construction, costings, operation and environmental impacts of a photovoltaic farm were recorded into four distinct Excel files namely: i) Project Management Data, ii) Life Cycle Inventory (LCI), iii) Electricity Generation Data and iv) Operational Cost Data. For the project management, the given quantities of the resources used in each activity could be further combined with the costs from different geographical and time regions to estimate overall project implementation costs for similar projects. The LCI data for the materials and transportation used can set the basis for life cycle assessment modelling of ground-mounted photovoltaic farms of that size and type. The electricity generation data along with meteorological parameters and location coordinates can be further enhanced to predict and manage energy generation and cashflow of expectations installations of this type and size over time. Finally, the data referring to a number of cost categories('maintenance costs', 'operational costs', 'insurance costs' and 'any other costs'), especially combined with the previously mentioned types of data could support a holistic technoeconomic and environmental assessment of comparable commercial photovoltaic installations. In addition, these data can be used for a comparative multi-disciplinary evaluation between photovoltaics and among various renewable electricity generation alternatives and traditional fossil fuel-based options as well.

Keywords: Commercial photovoltaic; Construction; Electricity generation; Engineering; Financial management; LCA; Project scheduling and control; Renewable energy sources.