Some economics of seasonal gas storage

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4235-4246

  Chaton, Corinne ^a   Creti, Anna ^b   Villeneuve, Bertrand ^c  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c CREST   (France)

Author keywords

Energy policies; Gas storage; US

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ENERGY POLICY; URANIUM;

GAS MARKET; GAS STORAGE; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; PRICE CAPS; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; SUPPLY AND DEMAND;

ECONOMICS;

ENERGY POLICY; GAS PRODUCTION; GAS STORAGE; GAS SUPPLY; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; MODELING; TARIFF STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53249109345     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.07.034     Document Type: Article

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