Innovations in financing that drive cost parity for long-term electricity sustainability: An assessment of Italy, Europe's fastest growing solar photovoltaic market

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 130-137

  Ameli, Nadia ^a   Kammen, Daniel M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Financing schemes; Grid parity; Levelized cost of energy (LCOE); Solar photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; FINANCE; FOSSIL FUELS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

DIFFERENT ENERGY SOURCES; FINANCING SCHEMES; GRID PARITIES; LEVELIZED COST OF ELECTRICITIES; LEVELIZED COSTS; PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGIES (PACE); SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGIES; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY RESOURCE; INNOVATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ITALY;

EID: 84896725284     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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