Gas-fired power plants: Investment timing, operating flexibility and CO2 capture

Energy Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 805-816

  Fleten, Stein Erik ^a   Näsäkkälä, Erkka ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forward prices; Gas fired power plant; Real options; Spark spread

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL EQUIPMENTS; ENERGY MARKETS; ENERGY PRICES; FACTOR MODEL; FORWARD PRICE; GAS-FIRED POWER PLANTS; INVESTMENT THRESHOLD; INVESTMENT TIMING; NATURAL GAS PRICE; OPERATING FLEXIBILITY; POWER PLANT INVESTMENT; PRICE PROCESS; REAL OPTIONS; SHUT DOWN; SPARK SPREAD; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS;

COSTS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; GAS PLANTS; GASES; NATURAL GAS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; POWER PLANTS;

INVESTMENTS;

CAPITAL FLOW; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY MARKET; GAS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; NATURAL GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; POWER PLANT; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 77953361793     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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