Demand response experience in Europe: Policies, programmes and implementation

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1575-1583

  Torriti, Jacopo ^a   Hassan, Mohamed G ^a   Leach, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demand response; European Union; Market liberalisation; Smart meter

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

CUSTOMER BEHAVIOUR; DEMAND RESPONSE; ECONOMIC POTENTIALS; ENERGY MARKETS; ENERGY SAVING; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN UNION; HIGH COSTS; IMPLEMENTATION SCHEME; LIBERALISATION; LOAD GROWTH; NATIONAL CONDITIONS; RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS; SMART METERS; TECHNOLOGY COSTS; TIME OF DAY;

ENERGY POLICY;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; LIBERALIZATION; POWER GENERATION; PRICING POLICY;

EUROPE;

EID: 77949275861     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.05.021     Document Type: Article

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