Investment risks in power generation: A comparison of fossil fuel and renewable energy dominated markets

Energy Economics

Volumn 58, Issue , 2016, Pages 174-185

  Tietjen, Oliver ^a   Pahle, Michael ^a   Fuss, Sabine ^b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MERCATOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON GLOBAL COMMONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Investment risks; Monte Carlo simulation; Portfolio optimization; Power markets; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FINANCIAL MARKETS; FOSSIL FUELS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POWER MARKETS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CAPITAL INTENSITY; FOSSIL-FUEL PLANTS; INVESTMENT RISKS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION; POTENTIAL PROBLEMS; PRODUCTION VOLUMES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

INVESTMENTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY MARKET; FOSSIL FUEL; INVESTMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER GENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84979567269     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2016.07.005     Document Type: Article

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