Techno-economic evaluation of small hydro power plants in Greece: A complete sensitivity analysis

Energy Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1969-1985

  Kaldellis, J K ^a   Vlachou, D S ^a   Korbakis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Electricity generation; Small hydro power stations

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY POLICY; MARKETING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ESCALATION RATES; GREECE; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (IRR) VALUES; SMALL HYDRO POWER PLANTS; SMALL HYDROPOWER (SHP) STATIONS;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; SMALL SCALE HYDROPOWER;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13644272429     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2004.03.018     Document Type: Article

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