Market opening and third party access in district heating networks

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 742-752

  Söderholm, Patrik ^a   Wårell, Linda ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competition; District heating; Third party access

Indexed keywords

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PLANTS; CONSUMER PRICES; DISTRICT HEATING NETWORKS; ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; MARKET DESIGN; MARKET OPENING; NATURAL MONOPOLIES; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PRICE REGULATION; SINGLE-BUYER MODEL; THIRD PARTY ACCESS;

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT;

DISTRICT HEATING;

COMMODITY PRICE; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; HEATING; MONOPOLY; POWER PLANT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EID: 78650415462     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.10.048     Document Type: Article

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