An analysis of residential PV system price differences between the United States and Germany

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3469-3474

  Seel, Joachim ^a,b   Barbose, Galen ^a   Wiser, Ryan ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Best practices; Costs; International collaboration; Learning; Market research; Public policy

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SURVEYS;

BEST PRACTICES; CUSTOMER ACQUISITION; INSPECTION PROCEDURES; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; LEARNING; MARKET RESEARCHES; RESIDENTIAL PHOTOVOLTAIC; RESIDENTIAL PV SYSTEMS;

COSTS;

EID: 84896485230     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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