Quantifying residential PV economics in the US - payback vs cash flow determination of fair energy value

被引：33

作者：

Perez, R

Burtis, L

Hoff, T

Swanson, S

Herig, C

机构：

[1] SUNY Albany, CESTM, ASRC, Albany, NY 12203 USA

[2] Solar Works, Delmar, NY 12054 USA

[3] Clean Power Res, Napa, CA 94558 USA

[4] Pace Univ, Burlington, VT 05406 USA

[5] NREL, Golden, CO 80401 USA

来源：

SOLAR ENERGY | 2004年 / 77卷 / 04期

关键词：

economics; photovoltaics; residential; effective capacity; utility;

D O I：

10.1016/j.solener.2004.03.004

中图分类号：

TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];

学科分类号：

0807 ; 0820 ;

摘要：

Payback is often used as a measure of profitability by prospective PV owners. Contrasting this measure with another financial gauge-life-cycle cash flow-the paper discusses why payback may not be the most appropriate measure for residential PV applications and why it may hide sound financial opportunities for those deciding to invest in a PV system. In parallel, the paper addresses another aspect of economic feasibility: the value of energy produced. For residential applications, this value is currently set at residential net-metered retail rates. We present preliminary evidence that a higher value, reflective of the local effective capacity of PV ought to be claimed for residential PV applications. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：363 / 366

页数：4