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Electricity production in a hydro system with a reservoir constraint

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze how market power may affect the allocation of production between seasons (summer and winter) in a hydro power system with reservoir constraints and inflow uncertainty. We find that even without market power the price in the summer season may be lower than the expected price in the winter season. Market power may in some situations lead to higher sales and lower price in summer than the competitive outcome and in other situations to the opposite result. Furthermore, market power may lead to a smaller price difference between summer and winter than in a competitive market. (Author)
Publication Date:
Feb 15, 2011
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
SNF-WP-03/11
Resource Relation:
Other Information: refs., figs
Subject:
13 HYDRO ENERGY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; PRODUCTION; CAPACITY; AVAILABILITY; PLANNING; MARKET; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SEASONS; ECONOMIC ELASTICITY; PRICES
OSTI ID:
1007309
Research Organizations:
Samfunns- og Naeringslivsforskning, Bergen (Norway)
Country of Origin:
Norway
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ISSN 1503-2140; TRN: NO1105049
Availability:
Commercial reproduction prohibited; OSTI as DE01007309
Submitting Site:
NW
Size:
26 p. pages
Announcement Date:
Mar 07, 2011

Citation Formats

Mathiesen, Lars, Skaar, Jostein, and Soergard, Lars. Electricity production in a hydro system with a reservoir constraint. Norway: N. p., 2011. Web.
Mathiesen, Lars, Skaar, Jostein, & Soergard, Lars. Electricity production in a hydro system with a reservoir constraint. Norway.
Mathiesen, Lars, Skaar, Jostein, and Soergard, Lars. 2011. "Electricity production in a hydro system with a reservoir constraint." Norway.
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title = {Electricity production in a hydro system with a reservoir constraint}
author = {Mathiesen, Lars, Skaar, Jostein, and Soergard, Lars}
abstractNote = {The purpose of this article is to analyze how market power may affect the allocation of production between seasons (summer and winter) in a hydro power system with reservoir constraints and inflow uncertainty. We find that even without market power the price in the summer season may be lower than the expected price in the winter season. Market power may in some situations lead to higher sales and lower price in summer than the competitive outcome and in other situations to the opposite result. Furthermore, market power may lead to a smaller price difference between summer and winter than in a competitive market. (Author)}
place = {Norway}
year = {2011}
month = {Feb}
}