Producing energy in a stochastic environment: Switching from non-renewable to renewable resources

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 413-430

  Mosiño, Alejandro ^a  

^a Chambéry   (France)

Author keywords

Irreversibility; Non renewable resources; Optimal switching time; Renewable resources; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

IRREVERSIBILITY; NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE; OPTIMAL SWITCHING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; UNCERTAINTY;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES; OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

SWITCHING;

COST; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE; PRODUCTIVITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860995818     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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