Glossary

This is the acronym for "Engineering, Procurement and Construction", a particular type of contracting that allows the efficient management of all aspects and stages of the process of implementing a photovoltaic energy project, also known as turnkey.

It is a form of payment in which the owner of the photovoltaic installation (end customer, developer or EKHI in the PPA model) assumes the total investment of a photovoltaic installation without a financial debt.

The production guarantee in a solar panel is the one that covers the minimum production that the photovoltaic panel must have throughout its life (performance that we obtain from the panel and how much it will decrease during its useful life).

Distributed generation consists of the production of electricity by many small sources, as opposed to a traditional, large, centralized production by a few generation centers. It is installed at the place of consumption or very close to the final consumer.

Angle formed by the photovoltaic panel with a perfectly horizontal or level surface.

Microgeneration consists of small sources of electricity generation distributed throughout the city, either in a building or in a public element such as a street lamp. It is a system of cooperation with large power plants, which makes the city more self-sufficient and less dependent on large powers for its supply. It is also designed for the installation of renewable energies.

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A smaller element protected against environmental aggressions, consisting basically of the assembly of solar cells and other components, such as the junction box, terminals, and protective devices such as diodes, and capable of generating an electric current from unconcentrated incident solar radiation. The structural loading of the modules can be done by its front layer (superstrate) or back layer (substrate).