Market value of solar power: Is photovoltaics costcompetitive?

IET Renewable Power Generation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-45

  Hirth, Lion ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; DROPS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; FINANCE; POWER MARKETS; SOLAR ENERGY; WIND POWER;

ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY MARKET MODEL; ELECTRICITY PRICES; EMPIRICAL ESTIMATE; LOW PENETRATION RATES; WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84920722552     PISSN: 17521416     EISSN: 17521424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-rpg.2014.0101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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