Feed-in tariff for solar photovoltaic: The rise of japan

Renewable Energy

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 636-643

  Muhammad Sukki, Firdaus ^a,b   Abu Bakar, Siti Hawa ^a,c   Munir, Abu Bakar ^d   Mohd Yasin, Siti Hajar ^e   Ramirez Iniguez, Roberto ^a   McMeekin, Scott G ^a   Stewart, Brian G ^a   Sarmah, Nabin ^f   Mallick, Tapas Kumar ^f   Abdul Rahim, Ruzairi ^g   Karim, Md Ershadul ^d   Ahmad, Salman ^h   Mat Tahar, Razman ^h  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^h UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Feed in tariff; Financial analysis; Photovoltaic; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; INVESTMENTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; FINANCE; PROFITABILITY;

ANNUAL RETURNS; FEED-IN TARIFF; FINANCIAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL IMPACTS; PAYBACK PERIODS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS;

PROFITABILITY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INVESTMENT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; TARIFF STRUCTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

JAPAN; FUKUSHIMA [TOHOKU]; GERMANY; HONSHU; ITALY; TOHOKU; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84896458524     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.03.012     Document Type: Article

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