Residential solar systems: Technology, net-metering, and financial payback

2009 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference, EPEC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sedghisigarchi, Kourosh ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Financial payback; Netmetering; Solar system

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER; ENERGY OUTPUT; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; FEDERAL TAX; FINANCIAL ASPECTS; FINANCIAL FACTORS; FINANCIAL PAYBACK; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; INFLATION RATES; MAINTENANCE COST; NET METERING; PANEL MATERIALS; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; TAX INCENTIVE; TECHNICAL FACTORS; TWO SECTION;

ASTRONOMY; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; INSTALLATION; MAINTENANCE; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; TAXATION;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 77951429825     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EPEC.2009.5420778     Document Type: Conference Paper

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