Risk, embodied technical change and irreversible investment decisions in uk electricity production: An optimum technology portfolio approach

Analytical Methods for Energy Diversity and Security

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 275-303

  Van Zon, Adriaan ^a   Fuss, Sabine ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

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EID: 78549287200     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-056887-4.00014-7     Document Type: Chapter

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