Economic analysis of different supporting policies for the production of electrical energy by solar photovoltaics in western European Union countries

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3297-3308

  Dusonchet, Luigi ^a   Telaretti, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; PV systems; Supporting policies

Indexed keywords

CASH FLOW; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; EU COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES; GENERATION SYSTEMS; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; MEMBER STATE; NET PRESENT VALUE; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLITICAL SUPPORT; PV ENERGY; PV SYSTEM; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SUPPORT MECHANISM; SUPPORT POLICY;

EARNINGS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 77952363928     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.01.053     Document Type: Article

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