Trends and challenges of grid-connected photovoltaic systems–A review

M Obi, R Bass - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents a literature review of the recent developments and trends pertaining to
Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems (GCPVS). In countries with high penetration of …

The US electricity industry after 20 years of restructuring

S Borenstein, J Bushnell - Annu. Rev. Econ., 2015 - annualreviews.org
Electricity restructuring in the 1990s ended the era of vertically integrated monopolies in
many states, allowing nonutility generators to sell electricity to utilities and, in fewer states …

Private net benefits of residential solar PV: The role of electricity tariffs, tax incentives, and rebates

S Borenstein - Journal of the Association of Environmental …, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
With dramatic declines in the cost of solar PV technology since 2010, the electricity industry
is in the midst of debates about whether to use this low-polluting renewable energy source …

Location, location, location: The variable value of renewable energy and demand-side efficiency resources

DS Callaway, M Fowlie… - Journal of the …, 2018 - journals.uchicago.edu
Greenhouse gas mitigation efforts in the electricity sector have emphasized accelerated
deployment of energy efficiency (EE) measures and renewable energy (RE) resources. We …

Application of microgrids in supporting distribution grid flexibility

A Majzoobi, A Khodaei - IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Distributed renewable energy resources have attracted significant attention in recent years
due to the falling cost of the renewable energy technology, extensive federal and state …

Net metering and market feedback loops: Exploring the impact of retail rate design on distributed PV deployment

NR Darghouth, RH Wiser, G Barbose, AD Mills - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The substantial increase in deployment of customer-sited solar photovoltaics (PV) in the
United States has been driven by a combination of steeply declining costs, financing …

Utility-scale solar 2013: An empirical analysis of project cost, performance, and pricing trends in the united states

M Bolinger, S Weaver - 2014 - escholarship.org
The utility-scale solar sector has led the overall US solar market in terms of installed capacity
since 2012. In 2016, the utility-scale sector installed more than 2.5 times as much new …

Optimal technical and economic configuration of photovoltaic powered reverse osmosis desalination systems operating in autonomous mode

CS Karavas, KG Arvanitis, G Papadakis - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Renewable energy driven desalination has been proven to be a sustainable, economic and
environmental friendly solution for the water deficiency problems in remote areas. However …

Deconstructing solar photovoltaic pricing: the role of market structure, technology, and policy

K Gillingham, H Deng, R Wiser… - The Energy …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Solar photovoltaic (PV) system prices in the United States display considerable
heterogeneity both across geographic locations and within a given location. Such …

Grid-connected photovoltaic systems for Malaysian residential sector: Effects of component costs, feed-in tariffs, and carbon taxes

KY Lau, NA Muhamad, YZ Arief, CW Tan, AHM Yatim - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Blessed with abundant solar radiation, Malaysia has a huge potential for grid-connected PV
(photovoltaic) installations, particularly for its fast-growing residential sector. Nevertheless …