Efficiency gains in Danish district heating. Is there anything to learn from benchmarking?

Energy Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1986-1997

  Munksgaard, Jesper ^a   Pade, Lise Lotte ^a   Fristrup, Peter ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); District heating; Regulation

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COSTS; DATA REDUCTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; HEAT PRODUCTION; INCENTIVES; PRODUCTION COSTS;

DISTRICT HEATING;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; HEATING;

DENMARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 13644279240     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2004.03.019     Document Type: Article

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