Demand response with locational dynamic pricing to support the integration of renewables

Energy Policy

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 344-354

  Dupont, B ^a   De Jonghe, C ^a   Olmos, L ^b   Belmans, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ICAI School of Engineering   (Spain)

Author keywords

Demand response; Renewables integration; Tariff design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893867197     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.12.058     Document Type: Article

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