@inbook{8733,

title = {On the Current Payback Time for Small Investors in the Photovoltaic Systems in the Region of Madeira},

author = {Sandy Rodrigues Abreu and Marco Lec ca and MC Chen and Dias F. Morgado},

editor = {António Paulo Moreira and An'ibal Matos and Germano Veiga},

url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10380-8_36},

isbn = {978-3-319-10379-2},

year  = {2014},

date = {2014-01-01},

booktitle = {CONTROLOtextquoteright2014 – Proceedings of the 11th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control},

volume = {321},

pages = {375-384},

publisher = {Springer International Publishing},

organization = {Springer International Publishing},

series = {Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering},

abstract = {<p>Following a period of strong investment in renewable energy, Portugal is now facing a huge reduction in the support for such clean energy sources, namely through the reduction of the feed-in tariffs and removal of tax incentives. The region of Madeira benefits from a very good solar exposition and has strong fossil fuel based products dependency, which make it a favorable place to invest in photovoltaic. But unfortunately these recent changes made the feed-in tariffs too low for any informed investor to put money there. Throughout this paper we analyze the payback time for these investments, we select the best regime for selling energy and forecast the future for this area of activity along with the next decisions that will be important in this area.</p>},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inbook}

}