Determining the appropriate amount of subsidies for wind power: The integrated renewable power planning (IRPP) model and its application in China

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages 141-148

  Zhang, Da ^a   Xiong, Weiming ^a   Tang, Chun ^a   Liu, Zhen ^b   Zhang, Xiliang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Planning tool; Renewable electricity energy; Supply curve; Wind power

Indexed keywords

COSTS;

CHINA; COAL-FIRED POWER; ITS APPLICATIONS; LOW CARBON ELECTRICITY TECHNOLOGIES; PLANNING TOOLS; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; RESOURCE DATABASE; SUPPLY CURVES;

WIND POWER;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; DATABASE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY PLANNING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; WIND POWER;

CHINA; FUJIAN;

EID: 84896540089     PISSN: 22131388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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