Market power and generation from Renewables: The case of wind in the South Australian electricity market

Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-72

  Mountain, Bruce ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electricity market design; Market power; Wind farms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906782927     PISSN: 21605882     EISSN: 21605890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/2160-5890.2.1.1     Document Type: Article

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