The Global Grid

Renewable Energy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 372-383

  Chatzivasileiadis, Spyros ^a   Ernst, Damien ^b   Andersson, Göran ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electricity transmission network; Global electrical network; Global electricity grid; Renewable energy; Solar power; Wind power

Indexed keywords

BULK STORAGE; DRIVING FORCES; ELECTRICAL NETWORKS; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ELECTRICITY GRIDS; ELECTRICITY NETWORKS; ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ENERGY PRICES; GLOBAL REGULATORS; GLOBAL SYSTEMS; GREEN POWER; HIGH CAPACITY; INTERCONNECTED NETWORK; LOAD CENTERS; LONG TRANSMISSION LINES; OPERATING SCHEMES; POWER MARKETS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE SOURCES; WIND FARM;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTRICITY; INVESTMENTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; WIND POWER;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MARKET SYSTEM; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; VOLATILIZATION; WIND POWER;

EID: 84874679231     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.01.032     Document Type: Article

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