Wind Power Generation

Anselm Eicke (), Laima Eicke and Manfred Hafner ()
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Anselm Eicke: Hertie School
Manfred Hafner: SciencesPo—Paris School of International Affairs

Chapter Chapter 10 in The Palgrave Handbook of International Energy Economics, 2022, pp 171-182 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Wind power plays a major role in the decarbonization of the power sector. Already now, it supplies increasing shares of the global energy demand. This book chapter provides an overview on the economics of wind energy and highlight global trends in the wind sector. It describes the technical characteristics of onshore and offshore wind energy and explains how these affect the economic competitiveness of the respective technologies. The authors describe how wind power, as an intermittent source of energy, can be integrated into power systems. They also discuss how renewable energy support schemes contribute in fostering the deployment of wind power.

Keywords: Economics of wind energy; Onshore wind; Offshore Wind; Wind energy technology; Cost of wind energy; Power generation; Electricity; Intermittency; Support schemes; Energy policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86884-0_10

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