On the cost of photovoltaic electricity for small residential plants in the European Union

International Journal of Renewable Energy Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 610-617

  Di Francia, Girolamo ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy policy; Feed in tariff; Grid parity; LCOE; Photovoltaic; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928009158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13090127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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