Analysis of the Impact of the Level of Self-Consumption of Electricity from a Prosumer Photovoltaic Installation on Its Profitability under Different Energy Billing Scenarios in Poland

Dariusz Kurz () and Agata Nowak
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Dariusz Kurz: Faculty of Automatic, Robotics and Electrical Engineering, Institute of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Poznań University of Technology, St. Piotrowo 3a, 60-965 Poznań, Poland
Agata Nowak: Faculty of Automatic, Robotics and Electrical Engineering, Institute of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Poznań University of Technology, St. Piotrowo 3a, 60-965 Poznań, Poland

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 2, 1-40

Abstract: Renewable Energy Sources (RES) have been gaining popularity on a continuous basis and the current global political situation is only accelerating energy transformation in many countries. Objectives related to environmental protection and use of RES set by different countries all over the world as well as the European Union (EU) are becoming priorities. In Poland, after years of a boom in photovoltaic (PV) installations, the Renewable Energy Sources Act has been amended, resulting in a change to the billing system for electricity produced by individual prosumers. The change in the billing method, also in pursuance to the provisions of EU laws, has contributed to the inhibition of the PV installation market for fear of energy prices and investment payback time. In this paper, by using the Net Present Value (NPV) method, three mechanisms of billing of electricity from prosumer micro-installations—based on the net-metering principle and net-billing principle (using monthly and hourly prices)—have been analysed. Particular attention has also been paid to the aspects of electricity self-consumption and energy storages, which play a significant role in the economy of PV installations in the net-billing system.

Keywords: photovoltaics; NPV; net-billing; net-metering; self-consumption; energy storage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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