Tariff-based incentives for improving coal-power-plant efficiencies in India

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3744-3758

  Chikkatur, Ananth P ^a   Sagar, Ambuj D ^a   Abhyankar, Nikit ^b   Sreekumar, N ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRAYAS Health Group   (India)

Author keywords

Coal power; Efficiency improvement; Incentives

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COAL; COST REDUCTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; TAXATION; UTILITY RATES;

COAL-BASED POWER PLANTS; INCENTIVES; TARIFFS;

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

COAL PRODUCTION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; POWER GENERATION; TARIFF STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34147211349     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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