Decreasing market value of variable renewables can be avoided by policy action
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105354
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Market value of variable renewables; Renewable energy policy; CO2 tax; Feed-in premium; Merit order effect; Large-scale integration of renewable power generation;All these keywords.
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