Assessing incentive policies for integrating centralized solar power generation in the Brazilian electric power system

Energy Policy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 198-212

  Malagueta, Diego ^a   Szklo, Alexandre ^a   Borba, Bruno Soares Moreira Cesar ^b   Soria, Rafael ^a   Aragão, Raymundo ^a   Schaeffer, Roberto ^a   Dutra, Ricardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Centralized solar power; Optimization model

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN POWER SYSTEMS; BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; ELECTRICITY GRIDS; INCENTIVE POLICIES; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; PARABOLIC TROUGH;

COMMERCE; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; EXPANSION; HYBRID SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR ENERGY;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY POLICY; INCENTIVE; OPTIMIZATION; POWER GENERATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOLAR POWER;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84879499645     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.03.029     Document Type: Article

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