Intermittently renewable energy, optimal capacity mix and prices in a deregulated electricity market

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3922-3927

  Milstein, Irena ^a   Tishler, Asher ^b  

^a HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electricity markets; Endogenous capacity mix; Renewable technologies

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY COSTS; COMBINED CYCLE GAS TURBINE; DAILY PRODUCTION; DEMAND AND SUPPLY; DEREGULATED ELECTRICITY MARKET; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ELECTRICITY MARKET; ENDOGENOUS CAPACITY MIX; EXPECTED PROFITS; FOSSIL-FUELED TECHNOLOGY; GENERATION CAPACITY; MARKET PRICE; OPTIMAL CAPACITY; PRICE VOLATILITY; REAL WORLD DATA; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; COSTS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROFITABILITY; TECHNOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DEREGULATION;

CARBON EMISSION; DEREGULATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PRICE DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

ISRAEL;

EID: 79957664726     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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