Back to the future? Rethinking auctions for renewable electricity support

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-56

  Del Río, Pablo ^a   Linares, Pedro ^b  

^a Institute of Public Goods and Policies   (Spain)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidding; Renewable electricity; Support schemes; Tendering

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DESIGN;

APPROPRIATE DESIGNS; BIDDING; COHERENT INTEGRATION; DESIGN ELEMENTS; FEED-IN TARIFF; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; TENDERING; TRADABLE GREEN CERTIFICATES;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84900861314     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.03.039     Document Type: Review

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