20.500.12556/RUL-173581 Attractiveness of photovoltaic prosumerism in the European electricity market The current energy crisis calls for a rapid transition to renewables. Solar photovoltaics (PV) is the key component of the future energy system and a majority of PV systems are installed on rooftops in Europe. This article studies the business case of prosumers, i.e., consumers who produce part or all of their electricity with PV. The levelized cost of PV electricity is compared with the average value of PV electricity for the prosumers in residential, commercial, and industrial installations in Finland, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain with different self-consumption (SC) and weighted average cost of capital rates. Prosumer business cases are positive in every studied market segment and country, especially for industrial PV systems with 100% SC where a payback time of less than 4 years can be achieved. The sensitivity of payback time on key input parameters is also studied. Reasonable cost of capital and adequate SC of PV generation remain the key elements for attractive prosumerism. photovoltaics solar cell electricity market Prosumerism fotovoltaika sončna celica trg električne energije true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-09-18 14:20:11 2025-09-18 14:20:17 2025-11-11 03:36:02 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 8 str. issue 1, art. 2300576 Vol. 8 Jan. 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 621.383.51 2367-198X 10.1002/solr.202300576 181751811 Solar_RRL_-_2023_-_Vartiainen_-_Attractiveness_of_Photovoltaic_Prosumerism_in_the_European_Electricity_Market.pdf Solar_RRL_-_2023_-_Vartiainen_-_Attractiveness_of_Photovoltaic_Prosumerism_in_the_European_Electricity_Market.pdf 1 A904DC31C7F432745E6C363DAAB22EF3 fe1674c05de2608120d0df6249ec1fe268663e9ff5019f183da96bee030bb47f cd03270c-9489-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=218160 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/solr.202300576 1 abbf6163-9489-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=218159 Fakulteta za elektrotehniko 0 0 0