The market value of variable renewables. The effect of solar wind power variability on their relative price

Energy Economics

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 218-236

  Hirth, Lion ^a,b  

^a Vattenfall Europe Mining AG   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Electricity markets; Intermittency; Market integration of renewables; Variable renewables; Wind and Solar power

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY MARKET; INTERMITTENCY; MARKET INTEGRATION; RENEWABLES; WIND AND SOLAR POWER;

COSTS; ENERGY POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR WIND; SUN; WIND POWER;

COMMERCE;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; PRICE DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER;

EID: 84877046264     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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