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Feed-in tariffs for photovoltaics: Learning by doing in Germany?
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Applied Energy . Dec2011, Vol. 88 Issue 12, p4387-4399. 13p. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Abstract: This paper examines the potential effects of Germany’s feed-in tariff policy for small roof-top solar PV systems installed between 2009 and 2030. Employing a partial equilibrium approach, we evaluate the policy by weighing the benefits from induced learning and avoided environmental externalities against the social costs of promoting residential PV. We use a dynamic optimization model that maximizes social welfare by accounting for learning-by-doing, technology diffusion, and yield-dependent demand. We find a wide range of effects on welfare, from net social costs of 2014million€ under a “business as usual” scenario to 7586million€ of net benefits under the positive prospects of PV’s development. Whereas the “business as usual” scenario underestimates actual price reductions, the positive scenario mirrors recent price developments and feed-in tariffs in the German residential PV market. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03062619
- Volume :
- 88
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Applied Energy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 65230567
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.05.015