Optimal Power Investment and Pandemics: A Micro-Economic Analysis

This paper derives the optimal investment policy of an electricity producer during a pandemic. We consider three problems: (1) investing in a gas-fired plant, (2) investing in a wind plant, and (3) investing in the best of a gas plant and a wind plant. Optimal investment boundaries are characterized...

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Main Authors: Jerome Detemple, Yerkin Kitapbayev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/4/814