Intermittency of wind: The wider picture

International Journal of Global Energy Issues

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 163-186

  Gül, Timur ^a,b,d   Stenzel, Till ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY   (France)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Costs of renewable energy; Grid integration of renewable energy; Intermittency; Renewable energy policy; Wind power

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MARKETING; PUBLIC POLICY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

COSTS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY; GRID INTEGRATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY; INTERMITTENCY; RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY;

WIND POWER;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; WIND POWER;

EID: 33644899094     PISSN: 09547118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijgei.2006.008990     Document Type: Article

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