Why Wind Is Not Coal: On the Economics of Electricity Generation
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power generation; electricity sector; integrated assessment; modeling; wind power; solar power; variable renewables; integration costs; welfare economics; power economics; levelized electricity cost; LCOE; grid; parity;All these keywords.
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