Cross-Country comparison of the incentives of the EU emission trading scheme for replacing existing power plants in 2008-12

Energy and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 757-783

  Rogge, Karoline ^a   Linden, Christian ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

^b PricewaterhouseCoopers AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

adoption; allocation rules; diffusion; EU emission trading scheme (EU ETS); power sector; replacement

Indexed keywords

CIVIL AVIATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS PLANTS; POWER PLANTS;

ADOPTION; ALLOCATION RULE; EU EMISSIONS; POWER SECTOR; REPLACEMENT;

COMMERCE;

COAL; DIFFUSION; EMISSIONS TRADING; EUROPEAN UNION; GAS; INCENTIVE; LIGNITE; POWER PLANT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPLACEMENT;

EID: 78649383954     PISSN: 0958305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0958-305X.21.7.757     Document Type: Article

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