The effect of feed-in tariffs on the production cost and the landscape externalities of wind power generation in West Saxony, Germany

Energy Policy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 730-736

  Drechsler, Martin ^a   Meyerhoff, Jürgen ^b   Ohl, Cornelia ^c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feed in tariff; Spatial allocation; Wind power

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; ECONOMIC VALUATION; ECONOMIC WELFARE; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENERGY SUPPLIES; EXTERNAL COSTS; FEED-IN TARIFF; LOW ENERGIES; MARKET PRICE; PRODUCTION COST; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE SOURCES; SAXONY , GERMANY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SPATIAL ALLOCATION; SPATIAL MODELLING; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WIND ELECTRICITY;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; OPTIMIZATION; WIND POWER;

COSTS;

ENERGY MARKET; POWER GENERATION; PRODUCTION COST; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TARIFF STRUCTURE; VALUATION; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

GERMANY; SAXONY;

EID: 84865007342     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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