Residential plants investment appraisal subsequent to the new supporting photovoltaic economic mechanism in Italy

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2710-2715

  Focacci, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capital budgeting; Economic evaluation; Net metering; Photovoltaic; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL BUDGETING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ECONOMIC MECHANISMS; ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS; FINANCIAL APPRAISAL; INTEGRATED PLANTS; INVESTMENT APPRAISAL; NET-METERING; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SOCIAL ISSUES; TECHNO-ECONOMICS; WORLD ECONOMY;

BUDGET CONTROL; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; INVESTMENTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 68749105656     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2009.04.002     Document Type: Review

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