Implementing agent-based emissions trading for controlling Virtual Power Plant emissions

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-7

  Skarvelis Kazakos, Spyros ^a   Rikos, Evangelos ^b   Kolentini, Efstathia ^c   Cipcigan, Liana M ^d   Jenkins, Nick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b Center for Renewable Energy Sources   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Emissions markets; Micro generators; Micro grids; Multi agent systems; Virtual Power Plants

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; MICRO GRID; MICROGENERATORS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEM (MAS); VIRTUAL POWER PLANTS;

COMMERCE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

POWER PLANTS;

EID: 84876866787     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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