Due to increasing shares of renewable energies in electricity production, the cost-effective system integration of these installations is becoming more and more important. Technologies and locations are viewed as system-friendly when they are more cost-efficient and easier to integrate because...

It is generally understood that the pattern of repeated expiration and short-term renewal of the federal production tax credit (PTC) causes a boom-bust cycle in wind power plant investment in the U.S. This on-off pattern is detrimental to the wind industry, since ramp-up and ramp-down costs are...

this is an unpublished working paper, seeking feedback.AbstractElectricity can, in principle, power all the energy demands of civilization provided sufficient electricity can be produced reliably and at an affordable cost. First, we give a detailed introduction of the economic and physical...

Introduction / Elin Lerum Boasson, Merethe Dotterud Leiren and Jørgen Wettestad -- Comparing renewable support mixes / Elin Lerum Boasson and Merethe Dotterud Leiren -- A dynamic multi-field approach / Elin Lerum Boasson -- Europeanization of renewables support / Elin Lerum Boasson -- Germany :...