Abstract: The large scale deployment of renewable generation is widely seen as the most promising option for displacing fossil fuel power generation, and for expanding generation capacity to meet the growing demand for electricity without increasing carbon emissions. A key challenge in integrating wind and other renewable power in the electricity grid is to devise approaches that ensure sustainability not only from the view point of carbon emissions, but also in terms of the market and operational constraints of the power system. This paper outlines some...
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Environmental economics