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Record Nr.

UNINA9910703227503321

Autore

Drury Easan

Titolo

The impact of different economic performance metrics on the perceived value of solar photovoltaics [[electronic resource] /] / Easan Drury, Paul Denholm, and Robert Margolis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Golden, CO : , : National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, , [2011]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource ( 53 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Technical report ; ; NREL/TP-6A20-52197

Altri autori (Persone)

DenholmP (Paul)

MargolisRobert M (Robert Mark)

Soggetti

Photovoltaic power generation - Economic aspects

Distributed resources (Electric utilities) - Economic aspects

Investment analysis - Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed Dec. 19, 2011).

"October 2011."

Sommario/riassunto

Photovoltaic (PV) systems are installed by several types of market participants, ranging from residential customers to large-scale project developers and utilities. Each type of market participant frequently uses a different economic performance metric to characterize PV value because they are looking for different types of returns from a PV investment. This report finds that different economic performance metrics frequently show different price thresholds for when a PV investment becomes profitable or attractive. Several project parameters, such as financing terms, can have a significant impact on some metrics [e.g., internal rate of return (IRR), net present value (NPV), and benefit-to-cost (B/C) ratio] while having a minimal impact on other metrics (e.g., simple payback time). As such, the choice of economic performance metric by different customer types can significantly shape each customer's perception of PV investment value and ultimately their adoption decision.