This paper aims to analyze what happens with renewable energy power plants, such as onshore wind, photovoltaics and biomass, when the public policy support based on the Renewable Energy Law expires. With its expiration the first renewable energy (and especially onshore wind) power plants will...

Private households adopting solar photovoltaic panels can reduce their average electricity unit costs either by feeding the self-generated amount of electricity into the grid or by self-consuming it, or a combination of the two. Due to the achievable cost savings on the electricity bill and...

In distinct decision environments,consumers often fail to financially optimize their decisions. In liberalized electricity markets, consumers frequently do not optimize their electricity choices and stick with the default providers instead, despite the ability to choose among an increasingly...