The impact of residential photovoltaic power on electricity sales revenues in Cape Town, South Africa

Utilities Policy

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 10-23

  Mayr, Dieter ^a,c   Schmid, Erwin ^a   Trollip, Hilton ^c   Zeyringer, Marianne ^b   Schmidt, Johannes ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Public revenues; Residential photovoltaic; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY; ENERGY MARKET; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84940752185     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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