Market and economic analysis of residential photovoltaic systems
Abstract
The overall structure of a project to evaluate the U.S. residential photovoltaic market or markets is reviewed and experience obtained before cuts in federal funding for the project were reduced is summarized. Topics covered include residential worth analysis, (including retrofit applications); evaluation of presently available regional, econometric models which could be used to project housing stocks; and the analysis of retrofit potential for residential photovoltaic power systems given available roof area.
- Publication:
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Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Report
- Pub Date:
- June 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982mit..rept.....T
- Keywords:
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- Economic Analysis;
- Energy Policy;
- Market Research;
- Photovoltaic Conversion;
- Residential Energy;
- Cost Effectiveness;
- Econometrics;
- Flow Charts;
- Insolation;
- Retrofitting;
- Roofs;
- Solar Arrays;
- Engineering (General)