Title :
Grid parity in the Italian commercial and industrial electricity market
Author :
Pavan, A. Massi ; Lughi, Vanni
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. & Archit., Univ. of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Abstract :
The Italian photovoltaic market is since 2011 the world´s largest and represents a success story having attained grid parity for the commercial and industrial (C&I) market of electricity. In this paper, the Levelized Cost Of Energy (LCOE) is calculated for three representative locations in Northern, Central, and Southern Italy, and compared with the C&I end-user electricity price. The grid parity is shown under certain conditions showing that the photovoltaic market is already ready to survive without the feed-in tariff mechanism.
Keywords :
power markets; C&I end-user electricity price; C&I market; Italian commercial electricity market; Italian industrial electricity market; Italian photovoltaic market; grid parity; levelized cost of energy; Cities and towns; Electricity; History; Maintenance engineering; Photovoltaic systems; Radiation effects; Italy; LCOE; Photovoltaic; grid parity; incentives; subsidies;
Conference_Titel :
Clean Electrical Power (ICCEP), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Alghero
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4429-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICCEP.2013.6587010
