Revised feed-in tariff for solar photovoltaic in the United Kingdom: A cloudy future ahead?

Energy Policy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 832-838

  Muhammad Sukki, Firdaus ^a,b   Ramirez Iniguez, Roberto ^a   Munir, Abu Bakar ^c   Mohd Yasin, Siti Hajar ^d   Abu Bakar, Siti Hawa ^a,e   McMeekin, Scott G ^a   Stewart, Brian G ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Feed in tariff; Financial analysis; Solar photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE RATE; FEED-IN TARIFF; FINANCIAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL IMPACTS; PAYBACK PERIODS; RATE OF RETURN; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR PVS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EARNINGS; INVESTMENTS; PROFITABILITY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; TARIFF STRUCTURE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84870722589     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.09.062     Document Type: Article

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