Employment benefits of electricity generation: A comparative assessment of lignite and natural gas power plants in Greece

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4155-4166

  Tourkolias, C ^a   Mirasgedis, S ^b   Damigos, D ^a   Diakoulaki, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Employment benefits; Input output analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS; ENERGY PROJECT; FUEL CYCLE; INPUT-OUTPUT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NATURAL GAS FIRED POWER PLANTS; NATURAL GAS POWER PLANTS; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; POWER-GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES; PUBLIC EXPENDITURES;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; EMPLOYMENT; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS INDUSTRY; GAS PLANTS; LIGNITE; NATURAL GAS; STATISTICS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY USE; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIGNITE; NATURAL GAS; POWER PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70249119960     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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