Robust MACCs? The topography of abatement by fuel switching in the European power sector

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1465-1475

  Delarue, E D ^a   Ellerman, A D ^b   D'haeseleer, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 abatement; Electricity generation simulation; European Union emission trading Scheme; Fuel switching; Marginal abatement cost curve (MACC)

Indexed keywords

CIVIL AVIATION; COSTS; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTERNATIONAL LAW; LEAKAGE (FLUID); SWITCHING;

COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EUROPEAN UNION EMISSION TRADING SCHEMES; FUEL SWITCHING; LOAD LEVELS; MARGINAL ABATEMENT COSTS; POWER SECTOR; SIMULATION MODEL;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ABATEMENT COST; COAL TRADE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; POWER PLANT;

EUROPE;

EID: 76049120931     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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