A probabilistic approach to the computation of the levelized cost of electricity
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.02.078
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Levelized costs of electricity; Nuclear and gas power; Monte Carlo simulation; Investment analysis; Uncertainty;All these keywords.
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