Balancing power and variable renewables: Three links

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 1035-1051

  Hirth, Lion ^a,b,c   Ziegenhagen, Inka ^d  

^a Neon Neue Energieökonomik GmbH Neon   (Germany)

^b MERCATOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON GLOBAL COMMONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE   (Germany)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d PROGNOS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balancing power; Control power; Market design; Regulating power; Solar power; Variable renewables; Wind power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934882077     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.180     Document Type: Review

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