How does market power affect the impact of large scale wind investment in 'energy only' wholesale electricity markets?

Energy Policy

Volumn 87, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-27

  Browne, Oliver ^a   Poletti, Stephen ^b   Young, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer agent based model; Electricity markets; Intermittent generation; Market power; Wind

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COSTS; POWER MARKETS; SIMULATION PLATFORM; WIND;

CAPACITY INVESTMENT; COMPUTER AGENTS; ELECTRICITY PRICES; GENERATION EXPANSION; INTERMITTENT GENERATION; MARKET POWER; ORDERING EFFECTS; WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY MARKETS;

INVESTMENTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY MARKET; INVESTMENT; PRICE DETERMINATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER;

EID: 84945555568     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.08.030     Document Type: Article

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