High wind penetration in an agent-based model of the electricity market: The case of Italy

Revue de l'OFCE

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 415-447

  Guerci, Eric ^a   Sapio, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Electricity market; Wind power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879125095     PISSN: 12659576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/reof.124.0415     Document Type: Article

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