Capacity payment impact on gas-fired generation investments under rising renewable feed-in - A real options analysis

Energy Economics

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 270-280

  Hach, Daniel ^a   Spinler, Stefan ^a  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capacity market; Capacity mechanism; Investment incentives; Peak load electricity generation; Real options; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

COSTS; GAS PLANTS; GASES; NATURAL GAS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CAPACITY MARKETS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; INVESTMENT INCENTIVES; REAL OPTIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84956760222     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2014.04.022     Document Type: Article

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