Gains from an integrated market for tradable renewable energy credits

Ecological Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 259-272

  Mozumder, Pallab ^a   Marathe, Achla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Renewable energy (RE); Renewable portfolio standard (RPS); Tradable renewable energy credit (TREC)

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543052941     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.01.016     Document Type: Article

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