Winds of change: How high wind penetrations will affect investment incentives in the GB electricity sector

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1389-1396

  Steggals, Will ^a   Gross, Robert ^b   Heptonstall, Philip ^b  

^a SSE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electricity market reform; Investment; Wind power

Indexed keywords

BRITAIN; CARBON PRICE; ELECTRICITY MARKET; ELECTRICITY SECTOR; FINANCIAL VIABILITY; FIXED PRICES; GENERATION CAPACITY; HIGH WINDS; INVESTMENT INCENTIVES; LOAD FACTORS; LOW-CARBON; MARKET RISKS; NUCLEAR POWER; PRICE RISKS; PRICE SIGNALS; PRICE SPIKE; RESPONSIVE DEMAND; RISK EXPOSURE; THERMAL PLANTS;

COSTS; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY; INVESTMENTS; RISK MANAGEMENT; WIND POWER;

COMMERCE;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; INVESTMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952068953     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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