The optimal share of variable renewables: How the variability of wind and solar power affects their welfare-optimal deployment

Energy Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 149-184

  Hirth, Lion ^a  

^a Vattenfall Europe Mining AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Cost benefit analysis; Numerical optimization; Solar power; Variable renewables; Wind power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905370615     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/01956574.36.1.6     Document Type: Article

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