The FutuRes-PV project
Objectives of the FutuRes-PV project
The overarching objectives of the FutuRes-PV project lie in an integrated analyses of the potential future development of residential PV systems in Austria and cover
- the simulation of household PV investment scenarios in Austria with a novel technology diffusion model; and
- the evaluation of the macroeconomic and distributive effects of these prosumer scenarios on different household groups (differentiated by income quantiles and other relevant socio-economic characteristics); and
- the development of policy recommendations that also ensure the participation of vulnerable groups in the energy transition in close cooperation with relevant stakeholders in order to ensure their practical feasibility, effectiveness and compliance with the overall goal of decarbonisation.
From these overarching objectives, the following sub-goals can be derived:
- Identification of the motives for household PV adoption in Austria;
- Identification of factors determining the adoption of household PV systems, both with and without battery storage (including household characteristics, legal framework, and support scheme);
- Development of a technology diffusion model for household PV systems and integration into the macroeconomic model DYNK;
- Simulation of a set of diffusion scenarios for residential PV systems (differing in terms of electricity price development, system investment costs - PV module and battery, and financial support provided as investment subsidy and/or feed-in tariffs, partly in combination with other benefits related to energy communities);
- Identification of non-financial barriers for adopting a residential PV system.
Work Packages
WP1: Project Management
WP3: Characteristics of PV adoption
WP4: Technology diffusion model
WP7: Stakeholder Process and Dissemination
