dc.creator | Lugo Laguna, Daniel | es |
dc.creator | Arcos Vargas, Ángel | es |
dc.creator | Núñez Hernández, Fernando | es |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-30T17:40:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-30T17:40:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-03 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Lugo Laguna, D., Arcos Vargas, Á. y Núñez Hernández, F. (2021). A European Assessment of the Solar Energy Cost: Key Factors and Optimal Technology. Sustainability, 13 (6). Article number 3238. | |
dc.identifier.issn | EISSN 2071-1050 | es |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/108289 | |
dc.description.abstract | Solar energy has become one of the most important sources of energy all around the world.
Only in the European Union, between 2010 and 2019, solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation
capacity increased from 1.9 to over 133 GW. Throughout this work, an economic analysis of the
production of photovoltaic solar energy utility scale facilities is performed, previously defining
some theoretical concepts relating to electricity generation by means of photovoltaic modules, as
well as commenting on studies that have inspired the project. In order to carry out this economic
analysis, the locations of twenty capital cities within European Union countries are selected, in order
to estimate their yearly solar PV energy produced under specific conditions. The Levelized Costs of
Energy (LCOE) is calculated with the goal of comparing the profitability of each photovoltaic tracking
technology: fixed, one-axis tracking systems (vertical or inclined) and two-axis tracking systems;
including LCOE maps country-wise for each technology. A sensitivity analysis is also presented, in
order to evaluate the significance and impact of the main variables involved in the analysis. The
results show that one-axis tracking systems are the best option in all countries, reducing LCOE by
more than 20% when compared to two-axis tracking system. The impact of wages is also significant.
In higher latitudes, in most cases, wages also increase, hence the LCOE is higher and consequently
less interesting for a potential investor. | es |
dc.format | application/pdf | es |
dc.format.extent | 25 p. | es |
dc.language.iso | eng | es |
dc.publisher | MDPI | es |
dc.relation.ispartof | Sustainability, 13 (6). Article number 3238. | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Solar power | es |
dc.subject | Levelized costs of energy | es |
dc.subject | Economic assessment | es |
dc.subject | European countries | es |
dc.subject | PVGIS | es |
dc.subject | Photovoltaic energy | es |
dc.subject | Econometric model | es |
dc.title | A European Assessment of the Solar Energy Cost: Key Factors and Optimal Technology | es |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es |
dcterms.identifier | https://ror.org/03yxnpp24 | |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | es |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Organización Industrial y Gestión de Empresas I | es |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063238 | es |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/su13063238 | es |
dc.journaltitle | Sustainability | es |
dc.publication.volumen | 13 | es |
dc.publication.issue | 6 | es |
dc.publication.initialPage | Article number 3238 | es |