Flexibility valuation in the Brazilian power system: A real options approach

Energy Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 3749-3756

  Marreco, Juliana de Moraes ^a   Carpio, Lucio Guido Tapia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Operational flexibility; Power systems; Real options

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBILITY VALUATION; OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY; THERMAL GENERATORS;

ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC LOAD DISTRIBUTION; FINANCE; INVESTMENTS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

ENERGY POLICY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENERGY POLICY; POWER PLANT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33750047474     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2005.08.020     Document Type: Article

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