Subsidies versus rate-based incentives for technology, economical and market development of PV. The European experience.

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Author(s): Nordmann, T.

Organization: TNC Consulting AG, Switzerland

Date of issue: May 2003

Details: 4 pages: graphs, tables; with references

Type: Paper IEA PVPS Task 2

Presented at: 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 11-18 May 2003, Osaka, Japan

Download: Open or download this paper as PDF file (575 KB)

Abstract: Photovoltaic as a reliable and renewable power source is on its way from the “research laboratory” to real product and market. Different countries have different energy policies and different situation between the photovoltaic installation owners, the utilities and utility customers. The market development for a new product follows certain «rules of thumb» for the market introduction and penetration. The author has described this situation in the paper “success stories of photovoltaic financing in Europe” 1997. Six years later it is an opportunity to evaluate the improvements on the PV market development in Europe and elsewhere.

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Author(s):	Nordmann, T.
Organization:	TNC Consulting AG, Switzerland
Date of issue:	May 2003
Details:	4 pages: graphs, tables; with references
Type:	Paper IEA PVPS Task 2
Presented at:	3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 11-18 May 2003, Osaka, Japan
Download:	Open or download this paper as PDF file (575 KB)
Abstract:	Photovoltaic as a reliable and renewable power source is on its way from the “research laboratory” to real product and market. Different countries have different energy policies and different situation between the photovoltaic installation owners, the utilities and utility customers. The market development for a new product follows certain «rules of thumb» for the market introduction and penetration. The author has described this situation in the paper “success stories of photovoltaic financing in Europe” 1997. Six years later it is an opportunity to evaluate the improvements on the PV market development in Europe and elsewhere.