Do feed-in tariffs drive PV cost or viceversa?

Applied Energy

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 721-729

  Antonelli, Marco ^a   Desideri, Umberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy policy; Feed in tariff; Financing sustainable energy systems; Incentivization of RES; Photovoltaic energy; Renewable energy systems

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ENERGY POLICY; FINANCE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

COMPETITIVE MARKETS; FEED-IN TARIFF; FINANCIAL OPERATIONS; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; MARKET STRUCTURES; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS;

COMMERCE;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; INCENTIVE; INSTALLATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; TARIFF STRUCTURE;

ITALY;

EID: 84910032957     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.06.059     Document Type: Article

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