Prosumage of solar electricity: Pros, cons, and the system perspective

Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 7-31

  Schill, Wolf Peter ^a   Zerrahn, Alexander ^a   Kunz, Friedrich ^a  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Battery storage; DIETER; Energy transformation; Prosumage; PV

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018272392     PISSN: 21605882     EISSN: 21605890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/2160-5890.6.1.wsch     Document Type: Review

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