Assessing the costs of electricity

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 29, Issue , 2004, Pages 301-344

  Kammen, Daniel M ^a,b   Pacca, Sergio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon taxes; Electricity costs; Energy efficiency; Energy markets; Externalities; Life cycle methods; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

CARBON TAXES; ELECTRICTY COSTS; ENERGY MARKETS; EXTERNALITIES; LIFE-CYCLE METHODS; SUBSIDIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; LIFE CYCLE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAXATION;

ELECTRICITY;

EID: 10444236606     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.energy.28.050302.105630     Document Type: Review

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