Exploring Promotion Effect for FIT Policy of Solar PV Power Generation Based on Integrated ANP: Entropy Model

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Criteria descriptions and sources.

Policy Goal	Criteria	Description	Sources
Environmental protection	CO2 reduction	Annual reduction of carbon dioxide emissions caused by PV power generation	[13, 14]
	SO2 emissions	The quality of sulfur dioxide emitted by power generation throughout the year.	[15, 16]
	NOx emissions	The quality of N2O, NO, NO2, N2O3, N2O4 and N2O5 emitted by power generation throughout the year.	[6, 16]
	Smoke dust emissions	Quantity of particulate matter entrained in flue gas and solid suspended solids with particle size less than 75μm generated by power generation fuel	[6, 16]
Economic development	PV module price	The unit price of solar panels such as monocrystalline silicon solar cells, polycrystalline silicon solar cells, amorphous silicon solar cells, etc.	[17, 18]
	PV module output	The output of solar cells such as monocrystalline silicon solar cells, polycrystalline silicon solar cells, amorphous silicon solar cells and other solar panels.	[6, 17]
	R&D spending	Research and development expenditure in electric power industry	[17, 18]
	Unit installation cost	Unit installed costs calculated according to total investment and total installed capacity of a PV power station.	[19, 20]
Energy security	New installed Capacity	The total rated capacity of the generators installed in the newly installed PV stations.	[21, 22]
	Generating capacity	The total amount of energy produced by solar PV power station	[21, 22]
	Electricity consumption	The total electricity consumption in all fields which includes industry, agriculture, commerce, residential, etc.	[23, 24]
	Renewable power ratio	The proportion of renewable energy generation in total power generation	[25, 26]