Cost-efficient demand-pull policies for multi-purpose technologies - The case of stationary electricity storage

Applied Energy

Volumn 155, Issue , 2015, Pages 334-348

  Battke, Benedikt ^a   Schmidt, Tobias S ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Innovation; Learning curve; Profitability; Subsidy; Techno economic model; Vanadium redox flow battery

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; INNOVATION; PROFITABILITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; VANADIUM;

ELECTRICITY NETWORKS; ELECTRICITY STORAGES; LEARNING CURVES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SUBSIDY; TECHNO-ECONOMIC MODEL; VANADIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERIES;

FLOW BATTERIES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENERGY POLICY; INNOVATION; POLICY MAKING; PROFITABILITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; VANADIUM;

EID: 84935025458     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.06.010     Document Type: Article

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