Wind energy really is the last to be stored and solar energy cannot be stored economically

Renewable Energy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 971-976

  Swift Hook, Donald ^a  

^a World Renewable Energy Network   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feed In Tariffs; Fuel saving; Intermittent renewables; Power system storage

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY PRICES; FEED-IN TARIFF; FUEL SAVINGS; HIGH PROBABILITY; LARGE PENETRATIONS; LONG-TERM STORAGE; POWER EXCHANGE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLES;

COMMERCE; COSTS; FUEL ECONOMY; STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS; WIND POWER;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ENERGY MARKET; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84866281913     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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