Baseline recommendations for greenhouse gas mitigation projects in the electric power sector

Energy Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 545-566

  Kartha, Sivan ^a   Lazarus, Michael ^a   Bosi, Martina ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY   (France)

Author keywords

Baselines; Clean Development Mechanism; Climate change

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION;

CLEANER PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING;

EID: 0141924176     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4215(03)00155-1     Document Type: Article

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