An initial analysis of options for a UK feed-in tariff for photovoltaic energy, from an array owner's viewpoint

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Plater, Steve ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feed in tariff; Rooftop; Solar PV; UK policy

Indexed keywords

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

ANNUAL CONSUMPTION; FEED-IN TARIFF; HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; ROOFTOP; SOLAR PVS;

ELECTRICITY;

EID: 70450242823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/044004     Document Type: Article

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