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Performance And Policy Evaluation Of Solar Energy Technologies For Domestic Application In Ireland, Lacour Ayompe
Performance And Policy Evaluation Of Solar Energy Technologies For Domestic Application In Ireland, Lacour Ayompe
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The aim of this research is to investigate the techno-economic and environmental performance of domestic scale grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) and forced circulation solar water heating (SWH) systems in Ireland; and propose a new feed-in tariff designed using a large sample of high resolution electricity demand data in order to provide credible information for informed policy formulation. Detailed field trials of experimental installations of a 1.72 kWp grid-connected PV and two SWH systems (with 4 m2 flat plate and 3 m2 heat pipe evacuated tube collectors) were undertaken to collect data. The energy, economic and environmental performances of the systems was …