The Hidden Costs of Wind Generation in a Thermal Power System: What Cost?

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 269-292

  Simshauser, Paul ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEDERAL SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TARIFF STRUCTURE; THERMAL POWER;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80052210109     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: 14678462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2011.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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