Assessment of high penetration of solar photovoltaics in Wisconsin

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 7338-7345

  Myers, Kevin S ^a   Klein, Sanford A ^a   Reindl, Douglas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Electricity; Photovoltaics; Solar

Indexed keywords

COST-EFFECTIVE MEANS; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ELECTRICAL LOAD; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; LEVELIZED COST OF ELECTRICITIES; LOAD DATA; MARKET PRICE; PENETRATION RATES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PRIMARY INPUTS; PV SYSTEM; SOLAR; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR PVS; TIME-OF-USE RATES; UTILITY GRIDS; WEATHER DATA; WISCONSIN;

AGGREGATES; COSTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTRICITY; INVESTMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 77957318357     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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