Green power: status and perspectives

Author

Begovic, Miroslav ; Pregelj, Aleksandar ; Rohatgi, Ajeet ; Honsberg, Christiana

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

89

Issue

12

fYear

2001

fDate

12/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1734

Lastpage

1743

Abstract

The main objective of the so-called green power marketing is to provide selective customers of electric energy with choices to purchase electric energy from sustainable, environmentally friendly sources. This paper presents a rationale for marketing of green power provides a brief overview of some of the existing efforts in the United States and abroad, and attempts to identify the conditions and future trends for survival of renewable energy in the energy marketplace. Our goal is primarily to provide a representative sample of the current technology status, rather than a comprehensive coverage of worldwide initiatives in this area

Keywords

electricity supply industry; environmental factors; marketing; power generation economics; renewable energy sources; United States; dispersed storage and generation; electric energy purchase; energy marketplace; green power marketing; power generation economics; renewable energy; solar power generation; sustainable environmentally friendly energy sources; technology status; wind power generation; Costs; Power generation; Power generation economics; Pricing; Renewable energy resources; Solar power generation; Standby generators; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; Wind power generation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.975897

Filename

975897