Techno-economic and policy requirements for the market-entry of the fuel cell micro-CHP system in the residential sector

Applied Energy

Volumn 143, Issue , 2015, Pages 370-382

  Pellegrino, Sandro ^a   Lanzini, Andrea ^a   Leone, Pierluigi ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distributed generation; Energy efficiency policy; Fuel cells; Micro combined heat and power unit; SOFC; Support schemes

Indexed keywords

COGENERATION PLANTS; COSTS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELLS; HOUSING; SALES;

CERAMIC FUEL CELLS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY POLICIES; MICRO-COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS; RESIDENTIAL USERS; SUPPORTING SCHEME; TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT;

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELL; MARKET SYSTEM; OXIDE; POLICY MAKING; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

DENMARK; GERMANY;

CHANDIPURA VIRUS;

EID: 84959852090     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.01.007     Document Type: Article

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