Estimating the net societal value of distributed household PV systems

Solar Energy

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-22

  Oliva H , Sebastián ^a   MacGill, Iain ^a   Passey, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electricity industries; Photovoltaics; Social valuation

Indexed keywords

DISCOUNT RATES; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; NATIONAL ELECTRICITY MARKETS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RESIDENTIAL PV SYSTEMS; SOCIAL COST OF CARBON; SOCIETAL BENEFITS;

CARBON; GREENHOUSE GASES;

HOUSING;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; ESTIMATION METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 84890813354     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.11.027     Document Type: Article

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