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* Abhilash Kantamneni, Richelle Winkler, Lucia Gauchia, Joshua M. Pearce, [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.05.013 Emerging economic viability of grid defection in a northern climate using solar hybrid systems]. ''Energy Policy'' '''95''', 378–389 (2016). doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.05.013 [https://www.academia.edu/25363058/Emerging_Economic_Viability_of_Grid_Defection_in_a_Northern_Climate_Using_Solar_Hybrid_Systems free open access] | * Abhilash Kantamneni, Richelle Winkler, Lucia Gauchia, Joshua M. Pearce, [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.05.013 Emerging economic viability of grid defection in a northern climate using solar hybrid systems]. ''Energy Policy'' '''95''', 378–389 (2016). doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.05.013 [https://www.academia.edu/25363058/Emerging_Economic_Viability_of_Grid_Defection_in_a_Northern_Climate_Using_Solar_Hybrid_Systems free open access] | ||
** Summary: J. Pearce. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joshua-pearce/consumers-can-profit-from_b_10230420.html Consumers Can Profit from Leaving the Grid]. ''Huffington Post Green'' 5.31.2016. | |||
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* [[PV and CHP Literature_review]] | * [[PV and CHP Literature_review]] | ||
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* [Leaving the Electrical Grid in the Upper Peninsula http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2016/may/leaving-electrical-grid-upper-peninsula.html]- MTU News, [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160531143452.htm Science Daily], [http://www.sciencenewsline.com/summary/2016060110240028.html Science News Online], [http://www.ecnmag.com/news/2016/06/leaving-electrical-grid-upper-peninsula ECN Magazine], [http://phys.org/news/2016-05-electrical-grid-upper-peninsula.html Phys.org] | |||
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Source
- Abhilash Kantamneni, Richelle Winkler, Lucia Gauchia, Joshua M. Pearce, Emerging economic viability of grid defection in a northern climate using solar hybrid systems. Energy Policy 95, 378–389 (2016). doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.05.013 free open access
- Summary: J. Pearce. Consumers Can Profit from Leaving the Grid. Huffington Post Green 5.31.2016.
Abstract
High demand for photovoltaic (PV), battery, and small-scale combined heat and power (CHP) technologies are driving a virtuous cycle of technological improvements and cost reductions in off-grid electric systems that increasingly compete with the grid market. Using a case study in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, this paper quantifies the economic viability of off-grid PV+battery+CHP adoption and evaluates potential implications for grid-based utility models. The analysis shows that already some households could save money by switching to a solar hybrid off-grid system in comparison to the effective electric rates they are currently paying. Across the region by 2020, 92% of seasonal households and ~75% of year-round households are projected to meet electricity demands with lower costs. Furthermore, ~65% of all Upper Peninsula single-family owner-occupied households will both meet grid parity and be able to afford the systems by 2020. The results imply that economic circumstances could spur a positive feedback loop whereby grid electricity prices continue to rise and increasing numbers of customers choose alternatives (sometimes referred to as a “utility death spiral”), particularly in areas with relatively high electric utility rates. Utility companies and policy makers must take the potential for grid defection seriously when evaluating energy supply strategies.
Keywords
Energy policy; Electric utility; Photovoltaic; Distributed generation; off-grid; Solar energy
See also
- Levelized cost of electricity for solar photovoltaic, battery and cogen hybrid systems
- Performance of U.S. hybrid distributed energy systems: Solar photovoltaic, battery and combined heat and power
- Review of solar levelized cost
- PV and CHP Hybrid System
- Hybrid photovoltaic-trigeneration systems
- Simulations of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions from Low-Cost Hybrid Solar Photovoltaic and Cogeneration Systems for New Communities
- Photovoltaic plus combined heat and power
- PV and CHP Literature_review
In the News
- [Leaving the Electrical Grid in the Upper Peninsula http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2016/may/leaving-electrical-grid-upper-peninsula.html]- MTU News, Science Daily, Science News Online, ECN Magazine, Phys.org