Investment, firm value, and risk for a system operator balancing energy grids

Energy Economics

Volumn 37, Issue , 2013, Pages 182-192

  Dockner, Engelbert J ^a   Kucsera, Dénes ^a   Rammerstorfer, Margarethe ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Balancing energy markets; Grid expansion investments; Value and risk implications of grid balancing

Indexed keywords

BALANCING ENERGY; GRID BALANCING; GRID EXPANSIONS; INVESTMENT OPTIONS; RISK CONSEQUENCES; STOCHASTIC DEMAND; TRANSMISSION CAPACITIES; TRANSMISSION CAPACITY INCREASE;

COMMERCE; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY; PROFITABILITY;

INVESTMENTS;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INVESTMENT; PROFITABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84875655643     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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