Market penetration and pay-back period analysis of a solar photovoltaic system under Indian conditions

International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 166-180

  Kolhe, Mohan Lal ^a   Joshi, J C ^b   Agnihotri, Ganga ^a   Shandilya, A M ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Market penetration; Pay back period; Photovoltaic (PV) system; Renewable energy economics

Indexed keywords

ENERGY MARKET; MARKET CONDITIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER;

INDIA;

EID: 0141746087     PISSN: 14728923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijetp.2002.000808     Document Type: Article

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