Economic assessment of solar electricity production from organic-based photovoltaic modules in a domestic environment

Energy and Environmental Science

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3741-3753

  Azzopardi, Brian ^a   Emmott, Christopher J M ^b   Urbina, Antonio ^b,c   Krebs, Frederik C ^d   Mutale, Joseph ^a   Nelson, Jenny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENTS; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; GRID-CONNECTED; INSOLATION LEVEL; INTEREST RATES; INVESTMENT COSTS; LARGE AREA MODULE; LEC; LEVELISED ELECTRICITY COST; LOW COSTS; MAINTENANCE COST; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MATERIAL COST; MATERIAL INVENTORIES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PERFORMANCE RATIO; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; PROCESS ENERGY; PV SYSTEM; SOLAR ELECTRICITY; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SYSTEM COSTS; USING LIFE;

COSTS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; INVESTMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; MAINTENANCE; MANUFACTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POWER QUALITY; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INVENTORY; INVESTMENT; IRRADIANCE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 80053311825     PISSN: 17545692     EISSN: 17545706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1ee01766g     Document Type: Article

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