We analyze how tariff design incentivizes households to invest in residential photovoltaic and battery storage systems, and explore selected electricity sector effects. To this end, we develop an open-source electricity sector model that explicitly features prosumage agents and apply it to German 2030 scenarios. Results show that lower feed-in tariffs substantially reduce investments in residential ...
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Energy Policy
152 (2021), 112168, 17 S.
| Claudia Günther, Wolf-Peter Schill, Alexander Zerrahn
We examine the role of prosumage of solar electricity, i.e. PV self-generation combined with distributed storage, in the context of the low-carbon energy transformation. First, we devise a qualitative account of arguments in favor of and against prosumage. Second, we give an overview of prosumage in Germany. Prosumage will likely gain momentum as support payments expire for an increasing share of PV ...
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Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy
6 (2017), 1, S. 7-31
| Wolf-Peter Schill, Alexander Zerrahn, Friedrich Kunz