The role of regulation in the economic evaluation of renewable energy investments in developing countries

Author

Al-Sumaiti, Ameena Saad

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

fYear

2013

fDate

17-20 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

39

Lastpage

43

Abstract

This paper economically evaluates the investments in renewable energy projects in developing countries under their regulation from an investor´s point of view. The selection of the best renewable energy investment is to be made under regulation considering incremental analysis of the projects. Solar PV, solar thermal, wind and hydro power projects are chosen to be under study.

Keywords

government policies; hydroelectric power; photothermal conversion; photovoltaic power systems; power generation economics; renewable energy sources; solar power stations; wind power plants; developing countries; economic evaluation; hydroelectric power project; renewable energy investment; renewable energy project; solar photovoltaic power; solar thermal power project; wind power project; Carbon dioxide; Conferences; Electricity; Investment; Maintenance engineering; Renewable energy sources; Wind turbines; developing countries´ regulation; incremental internal rate of return analysis; regulation; renewable energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC), 2013 7th IEEE

Conference_Location

Doha

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0722-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEEEGCC.2013.6705745

Filename

6705745