A net-present value analysis for a wind turbine purchase at a small US college

Energies

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 943-959

  Johnson, Nicholas H ^a   Solomon, Barry D ^b  

^a Principia College   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Education; Net present value; Renewable energy; Wind power

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY SECURITY; INVESTMENTS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; LARGE SCALE WIND TURBINES; NET PRESENT VALUE; NET PRESENT VALUE ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDARDS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953167165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en3050943     Document Type: Article

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