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Evaluating consumer investments in distributed energy technologies

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

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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.

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  • Castagneto Gissey, Giorgio & Zakeri, Behnam & Dodds, Paul E. & Subkhankulova, Dina, 2021. "Evaluating consumer investments in distributed energy technologies," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:enepol:v:149:y:2021:i:c:s0301421520307199
    DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.112008
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