The impact of wind generation on the electricity spot-market price level and variance: The Texas experience

被引:261
作者
Woo, C. K. [1 ,2 ]
Horowitz, I. [3 ]
Moore, J. [1 ]
Pacheco, A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Energy & Environm Econ Inc, San Francisco, CA 94104 USA
[2] Hong Kong Baptist Univ, Hong Kong Energy Studies Ctr, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[3] Univ Florida, Warrington Coll Business, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
关键词
Wind energy; Electricity price; Risk management; PROCUREMENT; ENERGY; RISK;
D O I
10.1016/j.enpol.2011.03.084
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
020101 [政治经济学];
摘要
The literature on renewable energy suggests that an increase in intermittent wind generation would reduce the spot electricity market price by displacing high fuel-cost marginal generation. Taking advantage of a large file of Texas-based 15-min data, we show that while rising wind generation does indeed tend to reduce the level of spot prices, it is also likely to enlarge the spot-price variance. The key policy implication is that increasing use of price risk management should accompany expanded deployment of wind generation. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:3939 / 3944
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