Overview
To assess and cost a rooftop solarization scheme, document its benefits, challenges, and lessons learned to inform future decision-making and potential scale-up.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop methodology, workplan, tools, and data request list.
- Plan for data collection in the field.
- Verify system configuration and performance indicators.
- Review installation quality and safety practices.
- Document operational routines.
- Validate baseline and post-install electricity consumption/costs.
- Establish grid outage frequency and duration.
- Assess use as a STEM learning tool.
- Assess environmental and energy resilience benefits.
- Develop a life-cycle costing spreadsheet.
- Calculate simple payback and compare with tariff-based electricity cost.
- Summarize what worked and what did not.
- Provide actionable recommendations for technical specifications, O&M governance/budgeting, capacity building, STEM integration package, SOPs, and monitoring templates.
- Assess institutional arrangements.
- Document logistical, procurement, transportation, installation, and maintenance challenges and lessons.
Required Experience
Minimum 7 years’ experience across at least two areas: solar PV assessment/design review; life-cycle costing/financial analysis (payback, LCOE).
Qualifications
Masters Degree in Renewable Energy/Engineering/Energy Economics/Education/Environmental Studies or related field.
