Evaluating consumer investments in distributed energy technologies

Giorgio Castagneto Gissey, Behnam Zakeri, Paul E. Dodds and Dina Subkhankulova

Energy Policy, 2021, vol. 149, issue C

Abstract: The adoption of solar photovoltaic and electrical energy storage by end users depends on their economic attractiveness, which is typically assessed with metrics of future cash flow such as Net Present Value (NPV). Yet analyses using NPV typically do not account for the evolution towards low-carbon electricity systems in the short and long term. We show this to be of critical importance for accurately calculating the profitability of these technologies.

Keywords: Feasibility study; Prosumer; Private investment; System value; Energy storage; Solar PV; Renewable energy integration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.112008

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