Nuclear power: A hedge against uncertain gas and carbon prices?

Energy Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1-23

  Roques, Fabien A ^a,d   Nuttall, William J ^a   Newbery, David M ^b   de Neufville, Richard ^c   Connors, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMMERCE; COSTS; FOSSIL FUELS; MARKETING; NATURAL GAS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

ELECTRICITY MARKETS; NON-FOSSIL FUEL; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

EID: 33749676399     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol27-No4-1     Document Type: Article

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