This study applies financial portfolio theory to determine efficient electricity-generating technology portfolios for … the United States and Switzerland, adopting an investor point of view. Expected returns are defined by the rate of …, and Solar in the case of Switzerland, a country without domestic supplies of fossil fuels. Since shocks in generation …

This study applies financial portfolio theory to determine efficient electricity-generating technology mixes for … Switzerland and the United States. Expected returns are given by the (negative of the) rate of increase of power generation cost … Nuclear, Run of river, Storage hydro and Solar in the case of Switzerland, and Coal, Nuclear, Gas, Oil, and Wind in the case …