The impact of retail electricity tariff evolution on solar photovoltaic deployment

Journal Article · Fri Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Electricity Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tej.2017.10.003· OSTI ID:1409301

Gagnon, Pieter ^[1]; Cole, Wesley J. ^[1]; Frew, Bethany ^[1]; Margolis, Robert ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Here, this analysis explores the impact that the evolution of retail electricity tariffs can have on the deployment of solar photovoltaics. It suggests that ignoring the evolution of tariffs resulted in up to a 36% higher prediction of the capacity of distributed PV in 2050, compared to scenarios that represented tariff evolution. Critically, the evolution of tariffs had a negligible impact on the total generation from PV $$-$$ both utility-scale and distributed $$-$$ in the scenarios that were examined.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1409301
• Alternate ID(s): OSTI ID: 1549044
• Report Number(s): NREL/JA--6A20-68849
• Journal Information: Electricity Journal, Journal Name: Electricity Journal Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 30; ISSN 1040-6190
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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