Leaving the grid: An ambition or a real choice?

Energy Policy

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 207-221

  Khalilpour, Rajab ^a   Vassallo, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Battery energy storage; Death spiral; Distributed generation; Grid defection; Leaving the grid; Living off grid; Solar photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; PUBLIC POLICY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; COSTS;

BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE; DEATH SPIRAL; GRID DEFECTION; LEAVING THE GRID; OFF-GRIDS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS;

COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENERGY POLICY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PRICE DYNAMICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR POWER; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY RESOURCE;

EID: 84932622887     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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