Appropriate design of auctions for renewable energy support – Prequalifications and penalties

Energy Policy

Volumn 101, Issue , 2017, Pages 512-520

  Kreiss, Jan ^a,b   Ehrhart, Karl Martin ^a,b   Haufe, Marie Christin ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TAKON GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auction design; Penalties; Prequalification; Renewable Energy Support; Securities; Sunk costs

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; FINANCE; RISKS;

AUCTION DESIGN; PENALTIES; PRE-QUALIFICATION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SECURITIES; SUNK COST;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; AUCTION; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85006314111     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.11.007     Document Type: Article

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