Learning curves for environmental technology and their importance for climate policy analysis

Energy

Volumn 29, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 1551-1559

  Rubin, Edward S ^a   Taylor, Margaret R ^b   Yeh, Sonia ^a,c   Hounshell, David A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CLIMATE STABILIZATION; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT (IA);

ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 2642583924     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2004.03.092     Document Type: Article

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