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Queen's Business School Economics Seminar Series

Date(s)
October 4, 2024
Location
QBS Conference Hub, Seminar Room 01.012
Time
15:00 - 16:30

QUEEN’S BUSINESS SCHOOL ECONOMICS SEMINAR SERIES

 

Friday 4th October

3pm

 

Estimating the impacts of solar PV policy”

 

Abstract

Governments in many countries implement suboptimal policy measures to increase the uptake of solar PV systems, as they are rarely designed from a system perspective. Drawing from a rich empirical dataset of consumer preferences for clean energy technologies, we examine the impacts of different policy incentives on household choices to adopt solar PV with and without batteries using an agent-based model. We find that policy design can have significant influence on the uptake of solar PV systems, storage options, and the overall financial net benefits for households. Thus, policy instrument design targeting optimised systems, rather than solar PV alone, delivers welfare benefits.

 

Professor Lisa Ryan

University College Dublin (UCD)

 

QBS Conference Hub, Seminar Room 01.012

Department
Queen's Business School
Audience
All
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