Optimal wind power deployment in Europe-A portfolio approach

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3245-3256

  Roques, Fabien ^a   Hiroux, Céline ^b   Saguan, Marcelo ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Geographic diversification; Portfolio theory; Wind power variability

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; CROSS-BORDER; DENMARK; ELECTRICITY MARKET DESIGN; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHIC DISPERSION; GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSIFICATION; GERMANY; INTERCONNECTION CAPACITY; MEAN VARIANCE; OPTIMAL PORTFOLIOS; OUTPUT VARIABILITY; PORTFOLIO THEORIES; POTENTIAL EFFICIENCY; PRODUCTION DATA; RELIABILITY COSTS; RENEWABLES; SUPPORT MECHANISM; SUPPORT POLICY; TOTAL VARIANCE; TRANSMISSION CONSTRAINT; WIND FARM; WIND RESOURCES;

COST REDUCTION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; MACHINE DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION;

WIND POWER;

COST; ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; POWER GENERATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

AUSTRIA; DENMARK; FRANCE; GERMANY; SPAIN;

EID: 77953724281     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.07.048     Document Type: Article

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