Valuing the flexibility of alternative sources of power generation

Energy Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 129-136

  Chapman, Chris ^a   Ward, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Renewables; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003327949     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-4215(95)00078-X     Document Type: Article

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