Will hydrogen be competitive in Europe without tax favours?

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5346-5358

  Hansen, Anders Chr ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Fuel taxes; Hydrogen

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPETITION; COSTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FUELS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

COMPETITIVENESS; CONVENTIONAL FUEL; CONVENTIONAL OIL; COST COMPETITIVE; FUEL TAX; NATURAL GAS BASED; OIL PRICES; TRANSPORT FUEL;

TAXATION;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COMPETITIVENESS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; EUROPEAN UNION; HYDROGEN; NATURAL GAS; PRICE DYNAMICS; TAX SYSTEM;

EUROPE;

EID: 77956431499     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.03.035     Document Type: Article

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