Ensuring emergency power for critical municipal services with natural gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) systems: A cost-benefit analysis of a preemptive strategy

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 5931-5937

  Jackson, Jerry ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CHP; Distributed generation; Emergency power

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; INVESTMENTS; UNITED STATES;

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER (CHP); EMERGENCY POWER; NET ENERGY BILL SAVINGS;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; INVESTMENT; NATURAL GAS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHANDIPURA VIRUS;

EID: 34548793424     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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