• DocumentCode
    1166043
  • Title

    Lights out? [power generation market force effects]

  • Author

    Bialek, Janusz

  • Author_Institution
    Edinburgh Univ., UK
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    16
  • Lastpage
    19
  • Abstract
    This article considers the power generation industry in the UK with respect to market forces and pricing. It examines power generation capacity and how this can be maintained reliably in the future. The ageing of existing plants, new builds and renewable resources are all discussed.
  • Keywords
    power generation economics; power generation reliability; pricing; market forces; new plant builds; plant ageing; power generation capacity; power generation industry; power reliability; pricing; renewable resources;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Engineer
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1479-8344
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/pe:20050402
  • Filename
    1509815