Technical, Economical and Social Assessment of Photovoltaics in the Frame of the Net-Metering Law for the Province of Salta, Argentina

Luis Ramirez Camargo; Judith Franco; Nilsa María Sarmiento Babieri; Silvina Belmonte; Karina Escalante; Raphaela Pagany; Wolfgang Dorner

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Technical, Economical and Social Assessment of Photovoltaics in the Frame of the Net-Metering Law for the Province of Salta, Argentina

Luis Ramirez Camargo, Judith Franco, Nilsa María Sarmiento Babieri, Silvina Belmonte, Karina Escalante, Raphaela Pagany, Wolfgang Dorner

November 27, 2018

Central and Northern Argentinean regions possess a high potential for the generation of solar energy. The realization of this potential is an alternative to alleviate the strong dependence on imports of fossil energy and to reduce the CO₂ emissions of the country. However, the adoption of photovoltaics (PV) is still in an incipient state. It is undermined by a context of heavily subsidized electricity prices, high equipment and installation costs and a lack of information, training and experience in handling PV technology. This paper presents a techno-economical assessment of the application of the recently enacted net-metering law for promoting renewable energies (RE) in the Province of Salta (Northwest Argentina) for the case of PV. The assessment shows under which conditions and for which types of consumers it is profitable to adopt PV in the context of the law. This analysis is supported by a participatory planning approach as a study of stakeholders’ attitudes towards RE, intentions to adopt PV and their knowledge about the law. The results of this study and the economical analysis serve to provide recommendations aimed at increasing the level of PV adoption in the province.

Record ID

LAPSE:2018.0867

Keywords

net-metering, participatory consultation, photovoltaics, reanalysis data, social perception, techno-economical assessment

Subject

Energy Policy

Suggested Citation

Ramirez Camargo L, Franco J, Sarmiento Babieri NM, Belmonte S, Escalante K, Pagany R, Dorner W. Technical, Economical and Social Assessment of Photovoltaics in the Frame of the Net-Metering Law for the Province of Salta, Argentina. (2018). LAPSE:2018.0867

Author Affiliations

Ramirez Camargo L: Applied Energy Research Group, Technology Campus Freyung, Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Freyung 94078, Germany; Institute of Spatial Planning and Rural Development, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna 1180, Austria
Franco J: Instituto de Investigaciones en Energías No Convencionales (INENCO), Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta CP4400, Argentina; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Avda, [ORCID]
Sarmiento Babieri NM: Instituto de Investigaciones en Energías No Convencionales (INENCO), Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta CP4400, Argentina
Belmonte S: Instituto de Investigaciones en Energías No Convencionales (INENCO), Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta CP4400, Argentina
Escalante K: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial (INTI), Centro Salta, Avda, Durañona 822, Salta CP 4400, Argentina
Pagany R: Applied Energy Research Group, Technology Campus Freyung, Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Freyung 94078, Germany
Dorner W: Applied Energy Research Group, Technology Campus Freyung, Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Freyung 94078, Germany [ORCID]
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Journal Name

Energies

Volume

9

Issue

3

Article Number

E133

Year

2016

Publication Date

2016-02-26