Green certificate markets, the risk of over-investment, and the role of long-term contracts

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3413-3421

  Kildegaard, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feed in tariffs; Renewable energy; Tradeable green certificates

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; FINANCE; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INVESTMENTS; MARKETING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; STANDARDS;

BRITAIN; CASE STUDIES; COST TECHNOLOGY; FEED-IN TARIFFS; LONG-TERM CONTRACTS; OVER-INVESTMENT; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; TRACK RECORDS; TRADEABLE GREEN CERTIFICATES;

TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; INVESTMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TRADE FLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; TEXAS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48949088826     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.05.017     Document Type: Article

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