Cost-effective design of ringwall storage hybrid power plants: A real options analysis

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 871-885

  Weibel, Sebastian ^a   Madlener, Reinhard ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hybrid power plant; Irreversible investment; Pumped storage hydro power; Real option; Risk and uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ECONOMICS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VIRTUAL STORAGE;

HYBRID POWER PLANTS; IRREVERSIBLE INVESTMENTS; PUMPED-STORAGE HYDRO; REAL OPTIONS; RISK AND UNCERTAINTY;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84937941094     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.06.043     Document Type: Article

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