Open lean electricity supply communities: A paradigm shift for mass customizing electricity markets

Energy Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 407-422

  Tsigkas, Alexander ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Deregulation of electric supply industry; Distributed electricity generation; Global restructuring; Markowitz portfolio theory; Mass customization; Modern portfolio theory; Smart grids

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRIC SUPPLY; GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING; MARKOWITZ PORTFOLIO THEORY; MASS CUSTOMIZATION; MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY; SMART GRIDS;

COMMERCE; DEREGULATION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

EID: 84856251420     PISSN: 18683967     EISSN: 18683975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12667-011-0043-8     Document Type: Article

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