Renewable Curtailment as a Power System Flexibility Resource

Electricity Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 49-61

  Olson, Arne ^a   Jones, Ryan A ^b   Hart, Elaine ^b   Hargreaves, Jeremy ^c  

^a Energy and Environmental Economics Inc   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES;

CALIFORNIA; ENERGY; FLEXIBLE RESOURCES; POWER SYSTEM FLEXIBILITIES; PROSPECTIVES;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84920123873     PISSN: 10406190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tej.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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