Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/76162 
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Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 0813
Publisher: 
University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute, Zurich
Abstract: 
This study uses Markowitz mean-variance portfolio theory with forecasted data for the years 2005 to 2035 to determine efficient electricity generating technology mixes for Switzerland. The SURE procedure has been applied to filter out the systematic components of the covariance matrix. Results indicate that risk-averse electricity users in 2035 gain in terms of higher expected return, less risk, more security of supply and a higher return-to-risk ratio compared to 2000 by adopting a feasible minimum variance (MV) technology mix containing 28 percent Gas, 20 percent Run of river, 13 percent Storage hydro, 9 percent Nuclear, and 5 percent each of Solar, Smallhydro, Wind, Biomass, Incineration, and Biogas respectively. However, this mix comes at the cost of higher CO2 emissions.
Subjects: 
Efficiency Frontier
Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HH)
Power Generation
Mean-Variance Portfolio Theory
Seemingly Unrelated Regression Estimations (SURE)
Shannon-Wiener Index (SW)
JEL: 
C32
G11
Q49
C23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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