The risk of surprise in energy technology costs

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Hultman, Nathan E ^a,b   Koomey, Jonathan G ^c,d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Energy technology; Overconfidence; R and D; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COSTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALTERNATE APPROACHES; ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; OPTIMISTIC BIAS; OVERCONFIDENCE; PUBLIC DECISION MAKINGS; SECOND-ORDER UNCERTAINTIES; UNCERTAINTY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 38749149192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/2/3/034002     Document Type: Article

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