Why wind is not coal: On the economics of electricity generation

Energy Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1-27

  Hirth, Lion ^a,b,c   Ueckerdt, Falko ^c   Edenhofer, Ottmar ^b,c,d  

^a Neon Neue Energieökonomik GmbH Neon   (Germany)

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

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electricity sector; Grid parity; Integrated assessment modeling; Integration costs; LCOE; Levelized electricity cost; Power economics; Power generation; Solar power; Variable renewables; Welfare economics; Wind power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983761063     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/01956574.37.3.lhir     Document Type: Article

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