Economic risk analysis of decentralized renewable energy infrastructures - A Monte Carlo Simulation approach

Renewable Energy

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 227-239

  Arnold, Uwe ^a   Yildiz, Özgür ^b  

^a Department of Urban Infrastructure Management   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Financial engineering; Monte Carlo Simulation; Renewable energy technologies; Risk analysis; Simulation applications

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ECONOMICS; FINANCE; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIO-ENERGY; ENTIRE LIFE CYCLES; FINANCIAL ENGINEERING; INVESTMENT PROJECTS; POTENTIAL INVESTORS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SIMULATION APPLICATIONS;

RISK ANALYSIS;

BIOENERGY; COST ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INVESTMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 84930401311     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.11.059     Document Type: Article

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