Economic properties of wind power. A European assessment

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3232-3244

  Boccard, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

D61; Electricity; H42; L51; Network externalities; Renewables

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL COST; CARBON EMISSIONS; COST OF ELECTRICITY; DENMARK; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; EQUIVALENT THERMAL; GERMANY; H42; HOURLY LOAD; IRELAND; LOWER BOUNDS; NETWORK EXTERNALITY; PORTUGAL; RENEWABLES; SOCIAL COST; THERMAL TECHNOLOGIES;

WIND POWER;

COSTS;

CARBON EMISSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSIONS TRADING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER;

EUROPE;

EID: 77952344913     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.07.033     Document Type: Article

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