The benefit of regional diversification of cogeneration investments in Europe: A mean-variance portfolio analysis

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 7911-7920

  Westner, Günther ^a   Madlener, Reinhard ^b  

^a EON Kernkraft GmbH   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CHP promotion scheme; Combined heat and power; Portfolio optimization

Indexed keywords

CHP PROMOTION SCHEME; CHP TECHNOLOGY; COMBINED CYCLE; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER GENERATION; ENERGY MARKETS; EU DIRECTIVES; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FEED-IN TARIFF; GERMANY; MEAN VARIANCE; MEMBER STATE; PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS; PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION; REGULATORY RISKS; RISK EXPOSURE; RISK PROFILE; SUPPORT MECHANISM; TAX REDUCTIONS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OPTIMIZATION; RISK MANAGEMENT;

INVESTMENTS;

COGENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; HEAT PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; POWER GENERATION; REGULATORY APPROACH;

EUROPE;

CHANDIPURA VIRUS;

EID: 78049416893     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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