Climate change: Impacts on electricity markets in Western Europe

Climatic Change

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 357-370

  Golombek, Rolf ^a   Kittelsen, Sverre A C ^a   Haddeland, Ingjerd ^b  

^a Frisch Centre   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE EFFECTS; ELECTRICITY MARKET; ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY MARKETS; EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; HYDRO ELECTRIC; MARKET SHARE; NET EFFECT; NET EXPORTS; NORDIC COUNTRIES; PLANT EFFICIENCY; RESERVOIR FILLING; THERMAL GENERATION; WESTERN EUROPE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTRICITY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; INFLOW; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SCANDINAVIA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84862141592     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0348-6     Document Type: Article

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