What to expect from a greater geographic dispersion of wind farms?-A risk portfolio approach

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3999-4008

  Drake, Ben ^a   Hubacek, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optimisation; Risk portfolio approach; Wind power

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; OPTIMIZATION; RISK ANALYSIS; WIND TURBINES;

KYOTO PROTOCOL; RISK PORTFOLIO APPROACH; WIND POWER VARIABILITY;

WIND POWER;

ENERGY RESOURCE; GREENHOUSE GAS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; OPTIMIZATION; POWER GENERATION; WIND POWER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34248597163     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.01.026     Document Type: Article

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