Climate policy and the social cost of power generation: Impacts of the Swedish national emissions target

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4154-4158

  Söderholm, Patrik ^a   Pettersson, Fredrik ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Power generation; Social cost

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS INDUSTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WIND POWER;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CLIMATE POLICIES; CLIMATE POLICY; COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES; EMISSIONS TRADING; EXTERNAL COSTS; GAS-FIRED; POWER GENERATION; POWER-GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES; SOCIAL CHOICE; SOCIAL COST;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

ABATEMENT COST; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NATURAL GAS; POLICY STRATEGY; POWER GENERATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 53249090062     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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