Abstract
To achieve widespread application in the industrial and utility; sectors, solar systems must be economically competitive. Economic viability is, in turn, determined by a number of supporting criteria, ranging from system reliability to dispatch characteristics to how the system supports the main product line. In addition, solar systems possess some inherent attributes that may render some of thetraditional supporting criteria inappropriate or require their redefinition. This paper discusses those criteria and their relation to the solar investment in three steps. First, the main concerns and preferences of the potential users, as identified in recent SERI studies, are identified. Second, the equitability of the resulting decision criteria for solar investments are examined. Finally,the implications of these criteria for solar energy's penetration into these markets are discussed.
Original language | American English |
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Number of pages | 13 |
State | Published - 1981 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/TP-731-1128
Keywords
- industrial applications
- small utility applications
- solar thermal systems