Distributed energy resource system optimisation using mixed integer linear programming

Energy Policy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 249-266

  Omu, Akomeno ^a   Choudhary, Ruchi ^a   Boies, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed energy resources; Energy subsidies; MILP

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES; DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS; ENERGY SUBSIDIES; MILP; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODEL; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

INVESTMENTS;

COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INCENTIVE; LINEAR PROGRAMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TARIFF STRUCTURE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84881670118     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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