Merchant interconnector projects by generators in the EU: Profitability and allocation of capacity

Energy Policy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 748-758

  Van Koten, Silvester ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross border electricity transmission; Regulation; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY; CAPACITY ALLOCATION; CROSS-BORDER; ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION; EXPLICIT AUCTIONS; INTERCONNECTORS; REGULATION; TRANSMISSION LINE; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

COMMERCE; ELECTRICITY; INTEGRATION; PROFITABILITY;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; EUROPEAN UNION; PROFITABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84855929083     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.11.042     Document Type: Article

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