The environmental and cost implications of solar energy preferences in Renewable Portfolio Standards

Energy Policy

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 250-261

  Novacheck, Joshua ^a   Johnson, Jeremiah X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic dispatch; Renewable energy integration; Renewable Portfolio Standard; Solar energy policy

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC LOAD DISPATCHING; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; NATURAL GAS; SCHEDULING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SITE SELECTION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ECONOMIC DISPATCH; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; NATURAL GAS PRICE; RENEWABLE ENERGY INTEGRATIONS; RENEWABLE GENERATION; RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD; SOLAR GENERATION; SOLAR INDUSTRIES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; POLICY MAKING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84943613067     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.06.039     Document Type: Article

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