Global rooftop PV markets are growing rapidly, fueled by a combination of declining PV prices and several policy …-based incentives. The future growth, and size, of the rooftop market is highly dependent on continued PV cost reductions, financing … options, net metering policy, carbon prices and future incentives. Several PV market penetration models, sharing a similar …

systems such as photovoltaics (PV) can be effectively integrated into utility power grids to provide added power during peak … national laboratory, the local utility, and a private company to install a PV DER system at the USPS Marina Processing and …

National Laboratory. This model is able to model the finances, incentives, and performance of flat-plate photovoltaic (PV …), concentrating PV, and concentrating solar power (specifically, parabolic troughs). The primary function of the model is to allow … presents an overview of each PV and inverter model, introduces a new generic model, and briefly discusses the concentrating …

Eventually, distributed PV will become a more significant part of the generation mix. When this happens, it is expected … operational complexities and concerns of revenue erosion that will drive utilities into greater involvement of distributed PV and …&D) required to support their deployment. This report describes potential future PV business models in terms of combinations of …