Renewable energy production support schemes for residential-scale solar photovoltaic systems in Nordic conditions

Energy Policy

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-86

  Hirvonen, Janne ^a   Kayo, Genku ^a   Cao, Sunliang ^a   Hasan, Ala ^b   Sirén, Kai ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Feed in tariff; Finland; On site energy matching; Payback time; Photovoltaic system; Renewable energy support

Indexed keywords

COSTS; HEATING; HOUSING; MATLAB; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

FEED-IN TARIFF; FINLAND; ON-SITE ENERGY; PAYBACK TIME; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

INVESTMENTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY MARKET; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PRICE DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; TARIFF STRUCTURE;

FINLAND;

EID: 84942078241     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.01.014     Document Type: Article

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