Deploying solar photovoltaic through subsidies: An Australian case.

Autor: Deng X; Energy Centre, Department of Economics, Business School, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand., Poletti S; Energy Centre, Department of Economics, Business School, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand., Hazledine T; Department of Economics, Business School, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand., Tao M; Energy Centre, Department of Economics, Business School, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Electronic address: tao.miaomiao@auckland.ac.nz., Sbai E; Energy Centre, Department of Economics, Business School, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of environmental management [J Environ Manage] 2024 Dec; Vol. 372, pp. 123293. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 19.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123293
Abstrakt: Australia has garnered significant recognition for its leadership in residential solar energy adoption, driven by incentive programs like the Feed-in Tariff and the Small-Scale Renewable Energy Scheme. Yet limited research has evaluated the policy's effects on residential solar photovoltaics in Australia. We thus examine how Feed-in tariff policies and different policy packages affect residential solar PV adoption using the quarterly data from July 2009 to June 2022. The benchmark results uncover that high Feed-in tariff rates, long-term contracts, and gross Feed-in tariff schemes substantially drive solar adoption in Australia. Still, the observed adverse relationship between cost and installed capacity highlights that upfront Small-Scale Renewable Energy Scheme subsidies effectively promote solar power. Our estimates may provide valuable implications for accelerating solar photovoltaic adoption and achieving renewable energy transitions in Australia.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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