Residential PV system users' perception of profitability, reliability, and failure risk: An empirical survey in a local Japanese municipality

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5440-5448

  Mukai, Toshihiro ^a   Kawamoto, Shishin ^a   Ueda, Yuzuru ^a   Saijo, Miki ^a   Abe, Naoya ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ordered logit analysis; Perception; Residential PV system

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; FAILURE RISK; FINANCIAL RETURNS; LEVEL OF SATISFACTION; ORDERED LOGIT ANALYSIS; PV SYSTEM; USERS' PERCEPTION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PROFITABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SPECIFICATIONS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LOGIT ANALYSIS; MAINTENANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PROFITABILITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; RISK PERCEPTION; URBAN AREA;

CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; KAKEGAWA; SHIZUOKA [CHUBU];

EID: 79960747367     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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