Nodal pricing in Ontario, Canada: Implications for solar PV electricity

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 170-178

  Brown, Sarah J ^a   Rowlands, Ian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Distributed generation; Electricity; Markets; Nodal pricing; Photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRICITY; FINANCIAL MARKETS; MARKETING; POWER MARKETS;

ALTERNATIVE GENERATION; CANADA; ELECTRICITY FUTURES; HOURLY ONTARIO ENERGY PRICES; HYBRID OPTIMIZATION MODEL FOR ELECTRIC RENEWABLES; NODAL PRICING; PHOTOVOLTAICS; UNIFORM PRICING SYSTEM;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 51649099213     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.02.029     Document Type: Article

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