Changes in the economic value of photovoltaic generation at high penetration levels: A pilot case study of California

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1394-1402

  Mills, Andrew D ^a   Wiser, Ryan H ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Power generation planning; power system economics; power system modeling

Indexed keywords

HIGH-TIME RESOLUTION; INVESTMENT DECISIONS; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATION; POWER GENERATION PLANNING; POWER SYSTEM ECONOMICS; POWER SYSTEM MODEL; VARIABLE GENERATIONS;

ECONOMICS; FORECASTING;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84884594759     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2263984     Document Type: Article

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