Financial analysis of renewable energy investments in Italy in 2013

Abstract

The present paper analyses the financial aspects of investing in different renewable energy technologies: photovoltaic, wind and hydro. To perform the financial analysis on the afore-mentioned plants for different types of investors, three different sizes of system have been considered: 5 kW for domestic uses, 20 kW for small business activities and 1 MW for companies involved in producing and selling energy. A description of present incentives in renewable energy production in Italy in 2013 has been reported. For each case study a comparison of different cost solution has been proposed. To evaluate the financial convenience of the investments specific economical indices have been used and compared.