Where the wind blows: Assessing the effect of fixed and premium based feed-in tariffs on the spatial diversification of wind turbines

Energy Economics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 269-276

  Schmidt, J ^a   Lehecka, G ^a   Gass, V ^a   Schmid, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Feed in tariff; Merit order effect; Optimization; Spatial diversification; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; EMPIRICAL OPTIMIZATION; FEED-IN TARIFF; MARGINAL ELECTRICITIES; ORDERING EFFECTS; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL DIVERSIFICATION;

COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

COSTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TARIFF STRUCTURE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 84882751849     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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