Analysis of distributed-generation photovoltaic deployment, installation time and cost, market barriers, and policies in China

Energy Policy

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-55

  Zhang, Fang ^a,b   Deng, Hao ^c   Margolis, Robert ^d   Su, Jun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed generation; Feed in tariff (FIT); Photovoltaic; Self consumption; Soft cost; Solar

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SURVEYS;

FEED-IN TARIFF; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POLICY IMPLEMENTATIONS; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; SELF CONSUMPTION; SOLAR;

PUBLIC POLICY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER;

CHINA;

EID: 84926387916     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.02.010     Document Type: Article

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