An innovative viable model for community-owned solar PV projects without FIT: Comprehensive techno-economic assessment

Pegah Mirzania, Nazmiye Balta-Ozkan and Andy Ford

Energy Policy, 2020, vol. 146, issue C

Abstract: The progressive withdrawal of the Feed-in-Tariff provided by the UK government has left community-owned solar photovoltaic projects facing significant financial challenges. They urgently need to develop alternative business models that will enable them to develop new projects and recuperate their costs in this post-subsidy era. One promising possibility is the incorporation of storage technology. However, currently it cannot be denied that the financial viability of this type of model is in question. This paper investigates whether and how integrated solar and battery storage system would be financially viable, using the System Advisor Model as a simulation tool to conduct techno-economic analyses.

Keywords: Techno-economic analysis; Community-owned solar PV; Battery storage; Business model; Demand side response (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111727

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