Do operation and maintenance contracts help photovoltaic poverty alleviation power stations perform better?

Zumeng Zhang, Liping Ding, Chaofan Wang, Qiyao Dai, Yin Shi, Yujia Zhao and Yuxuan Zhu

Energy, 2022, vol. 259, issue C

Abstract: Photovoltaic poverty alleviation power stations (PPAPS) are the foundation of poverty alleviation, whose operation and maintenance (O&M) status is the key to ensuring long-term poverty reduction advantages. As part of PPAPS′ O&M performance, the role of the O&M contracts has yet to be proven. This paper uses a three-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) model and grey relation analysis (GRA) to analyze the O&M performance efficiency of PPAPS and the influencing factors of contract governance from field data of 110 counties in Henan Province, China. The results show that:1) the O&M efficiency of the PPAPS is relatively high and inconsistent across the region, which has not yet attained optimal productivity; 2) the present efficiency is mainly determined by the initial investment size and installed capacity; 3) the governance factors of O&M contracts affect the performance efficiency of PPAPS, which may lead to overestimation; and 4) longer contract term and higher performance incentive coefficients may result in inefficiencies at the initial stage of PPAPS′ use, while government subsidies allocation and timely O&M cost settlement have little impact on O&M efficiency. This paper proposes corresponding policy recommendations finally.

Keywords: Photovoltaic poverty alleviation power stations (PPAPS); Operation and maintenance contract governance; Three-stage DEA; Grey relational coefficient; Performance efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.124990

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