Real options approach to renewable energy investments in Mongolia

Energy Policy

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 136-150

  Detert, Neal ^a   Kotani, Koji ^b  

^a SusDev Solutions Pte Ltd   (Mongolia)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coal prices; Real options in discrete time; Renewable energy investment

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; DEVELOPING NATIONS; DISCRETE TIME; ELECTRICITY PRICES; GEOMETRIC BROWNIAN MOTION; REAL OPTIONS APPROACH; RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENTS; SWITCHING TECHNOLOGY;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COAL; COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY; OPTIMIZATION; SWITCHING FUNCTIONS; SWITCHING NETWORKS;

INVESTMENTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; INVESTMENT; PRICE DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 84875228113     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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