Optimal investment strategies in decentralized renewable power generation under uncertainty

Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 803-815

  Fleten, S E ^a   Maribu, K M ^a   Wangensteen, I ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Distributed generation; Electricity markets; Real options; Renewable electricity technologies; Stochastic price

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC LOADS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

DISTRIBUTED GENERATION; ELECTRICITY MARKETS; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY TECHNOLOGIES; STOCHASTIC PRICES;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION;

COSTS; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; INVESTMENT; POWER GENERATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND POWER;

EID: 33846199123     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2006.04.015     Document Type: Article

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