A global and local endogenous experience curve model for projecting future uptake and cost of electricity generation technologies

Energy Economics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 537-548

  Hayward, Jennifer A ^a   Graham, Paul W ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capital cost; Economic modelling; Energy economics; Experience curves; Learning curves

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL COSTS; ECONOMIC MODELLING; ENERGY ECONOMICS; EXPERIENCE CURVES; LEARNING CURVES;

COMMERCE; COSTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; TECHNOLOGY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

CAPITAL; ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; MODELING; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 84884313927     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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