Capacity credit of microgeneration and microgrids

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 6330-6337

  Costa, Paulo Moisés ^a,b   Matos, Manuel A ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Capacity credit; Microgeneration; Microgrid

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY CREDIT; MICRO GRID; MICROGENERATION; REGULATORY IMPACT; SECURITY OF SUPPLY;

ENERGY POLICY;

DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956415431     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.06.024     Document Type: Article

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