An economic assessment of windfarm power generation in Scotland including externalities

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2811-2825

  Moran, Dominic ^a   Sherrington, Chris ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental valuation; Externalities; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY; WINDFARM POWER GENERATION;

WIND POWER;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847712850     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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