Economic comparison of greenhouse gas mitigation options in Germany

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-36

  Sands, Ronald D ^a   Schumacher, Katja ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Energy and Climate Change Division   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide capture and storage; Climate policy; Economic effects; Energy efficiency; Fuel switch; General equilibrium modeling; Greenhouse gas mitigation options; Non CO2greenhouse gases

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL STORAGE; FUELS; FUNCTIONS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS FUEL STORAGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); OXIDES;

CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND STORAGE; CLIMATE POLICY; ECONOMIC EFFECTS; FUEL SWITCH; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION OPTIONS; NON-CO2GREENHOUSE GASES;

GASES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 58149116798     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-008-9031-9     Document Type: Article

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