The renewable energy targets of the Maghreb countries: Impact on electricity supply and conventional power markets

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 4411-4419

  Brand, Bernhard ^a   Zingerle, Jonas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electricity markets; North Africa; Renewable energy sources

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; CONVENTIONAL GENERATION; CONVENTIONAL POWER; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ELECTRICITY MARKET; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; GENERATION MIX; INVESTMENT COSTS; INVESTMENT DECISIONS; MAGHREB; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; POWER MARKETS; REGIONAL ELECTRICITY MARKETS; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SYSTEM COSTS; TUNISIA;

COMMERCE; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY POLICY;

INVESTMENTS;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

ALGERIA; MAGHREB; MOROCCO; TUNISIA;

EID: 79958062181     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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