How does renewables competition affect forward contracting in electricity markets?

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2016
Volume: 146
Issue: C
Pages: 135-139

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Higher renewables penetration reduces the incentive of conventional electricity generators to sell forward production. This can undermine the role of forward contracting in mitigating market power. More renewable energy raises wholesale electricity prices in states of the world where its capacity utilization is low due to intermittency.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:146:y:2016:i:c:p:135-139
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-29