Risk adjusted financial costs of photovoltaics

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3807-3819

  Szabó, Sándor ^a   Jäger Waldau, Arnulf ^a   Szabó, László ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economic analysis; Financing; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

CORRECT SOLUTION; DYNAMIC POWER; DYNAMIC PROCESS; ELECTRICITY COSTS; ELECTRICITY MARKET; ENERGY MIX; FINANCIAL APPRAISAL; FINANCIAL COSTS; FINANCIAL INVESTORS; FINANCIAL SCHEMES; FINANCING; FINANCING MODEL; INDUSTRY COSTS; INVESTMENT DECISION MAKING; MARKET SEGMENT; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY MARKETS; RISK MITIGATION; RISK PREMIUM; SUPPORT MECHANISM;

COMMERCE; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RISK PERCEPTION;

INVESTMENTS;

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 77952349899     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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