Optimal offering strategy for a concentrating solar power plant

Applied Energy

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 316-325

  Dominguez, R ^a   Baringo, L ^a   Conejo, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concentrating solar power plant; Electricity market; Robust optimization; Stochastic programming; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COSTS; FUSED SALTS; HEAT STORAGE; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; THERMAL ENERGY;

CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY MARKET; EXPECTED PROFITS; MARKET PRICE; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MOLTEN SALT; POOL-BASED ELECTRICITY MARKETS; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR FIELDS; SOLAR PLANT; SOLAR RESOURCES; UNCERTAIN MARKETS;

SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

ENERGY MARKET; LINEAR PROGRAMING; OPTIMIZATION; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862231850     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.03.043     Document Type: Article

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