Abstract
A new model of photovoltaic marketplace diffusion is developed. The novelty of the model is that it predicts market response as a function of controllable variables, and can be calibrated by field measurements. Hete, government investment strategy is the input variable, so the model can help predict optimal government allocation policies over sectors, regions and time. In addition, some developments in allocation theory under simple conditions are given. Using field measurements to calibrate the model, several hypothetical government policies are simulated. The sensitivity of the model to variations in its parameters is also explored. Finally, implications for government policy formulation are discussed, and directions for future expansion of these preliminary results are suggested.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1021-1102 |
| Number of pages | 82 |
| Journal | Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference |
| State | Published - 1978 |
| Event | Conf Rec IEEE Photovoltaic Spec Conf 13th - Washington, DC, USA Duration: Jun 5 1978 → Jun 8 1978 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
