An economic evaluation of photovoltaic grid connected systems (PVGCS) in Flanders for companies: A generic model

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2674-2682

  Audenaert, Amaryllis ^a,b   De Boeck, Liesje ^c,d   De Cleyn, Sven ^b   Lizin, Sebastien ^e   Adam, Jean François ^f  

^a Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c HUBrussel   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f Euroclear   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Companies in Flanders (Belgium); Economic evaluation after taxes; Future legislation sensitivity analysis; PVGCS

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CASH FLOW; CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; EVALUATION CRITERIA; FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS; FLANDERS; FUTURE LEGISLATION SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; GENERIC MODELS; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; LEGISLATION CHANGES; MARKET SITUATION; NET PRESENT VALUE; PAYBACK PERIODS; PHOTOVOLTAIC GRID CONNECTED SYSTEM; PROFITABILITY INDEX; PROJECTION METHOD; SOLAR PANELS; UNIT COST;

EARNINGS; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; PROFITABILITY; SPREADSHEETS; TAXATION;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; MARKET CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TAX SYSTEM;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 77954310871     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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