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Wind Derivatives: Modeling and Pricing

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  • A. Alexandridis
  • A. Zapranis

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Wind is considered to be a free, renewable and environmentally friendly source of energy. However, wind farms are exposed to excessive weather risk since the power production depends on the wind speed, the wind direction and the wind duration. This risk can be successfully hedged using a financial instrument called weather derivatives. In this study the dynamics of the wind generating process are modeled using a non-parametric non-linear wavelet network. Our model is validated in New York. The proposed methodology is compared against alternative methods, proposed in prior studies. Our results indicate that wavelet networks can model the wind process very well and consequently they constitute an accurate and efficient tool for wind derivatives pricing. Finally, we provide the pricing equations for wind futures written on two indices, the cumulative average wind speed index and the Nordix wind speed index. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013

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  • A. Alexandridis & A. Zapranis, 2013. "Wind Derivatives: Modeling and Pricing," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 41(3), pages 299-326, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:compec:v:41:y:2013:i:3:p:299-326
    DOI: 10.1007/s10614-012-9350-y
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