SUMMARY OF REPORT
Although PV currently appears an expensive option for producing electricity
compared to other
energy sources, many countries support this technology because of its
promising future
potential and the additional benefits, besides generating electricity,
associated with PV. These
benefits need to be, firstly, identified and, secondly, quantified (especially
for the demand
side) in order to affect decision making in urban planning.
The major stakeholders for PV comprise policy makers and governments,
utilities
and customers. Despite each stakeholder having different preferences and
interests; each
added value contributes to society’s welfare. In this context the
core objective of this
report is to identify, evaluate and quantify the major values and benefits
of Urban
Scale PV based on country specifics. The evaluated and / or quantified
values have been
categorised under the following groups.
• Avoiding fossil fuels
• Environmental benefits
• Electric utilities benefits
• Industry development and employment benefits and
• Customer’s individual benefits.