Negative Wholesale Electricity Prices in the German, French and Belgian Day-Ahead, Intra-Day and Real-Time Markets

Electricity Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 36-50

  De Vos, Kristof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POWER MARKETS;

BELGIUM; DAY-AHEAD; ELECTRICITY PRICES; FEED-IN TARIFF; MARKET PARTICIPATIONS; PRODUCTION COST; REAL-TIME MARKET; STRINGENTS; SUPPORT MECHANISM; WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY;

COSTS;

EID: 84930374003     PISSN: 10406190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tej.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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