An economic approach to photovoltaic microgeneration

Pere Mir-Artigues

Chapter 10 in Handbook on the Economics of Renewable Energy, 2023, pp 206-230 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter addresses the socioeconomic dimension of residential micro-generation, illustrating it with an empirical focus on Spain. This is a possibility which was created by the enormous reduction in the prices of photovoltaic equipment which started in 2008. The chapter provides a general classification of PV plant, identifies the six factors that influence the design and management of a residential plant (illustrated with a real case) and defines and discusses the three criteria used for the economic evaluation of micro-generation, namely, the rate of return, the avoided cost and the influence of some heuristics (such as social imitation and sufficient satisfaction) that trigger it.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Environment; Law - Academic; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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