Reliability economies of scale for tropical island electric power

Energy Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 319-330

  Mayer, Peter C ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental transmission grid; Installed reserve margin; Slow speed diesel generators

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL TRANSMISSION GRIDS; TROPICAL ISLAND ELECTRIC POWERS;

DECISION THEORY; ELECTRIC LOAD DISPATCHING; ELECTRIC LOAD DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

ECONOMY OF SCALE; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ISLAND; POWER PLANT;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034086815     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-9883(99)00037-7     Document Type: Article

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