Returns on investment in electricity producing photovoltaic systems under de-escalating feed-in tariffs: The case of Greece

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 500-505

  Danchev, Svetoslav ^a,b   Maniatis, George ^a,b   Tsakanikas, Aggelos ^a  

^a Health Economics Department   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Investment; Learning; Photovoltaic; Policy design; Pricing

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BILLS; EQUIPMENT COSTS; FEED-IN TARIFF; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; LEARNING; LEGAL FRAMEWORKS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; POLICY DESIGN; PRICING; REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT; RETURNS ON INVESTMENT; TECHNOLOGY LEARNING;

DESIGN; EARNINGS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 70349532704     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2009.08.008     Document Type: Review

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