Impact of the economic recession on the European power sector's CO2 emissions

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1677-1686

  Declercq, Bruno ^a   Delarue, Erik ^a   D'haeseleer, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CO2 emission; Economic recession; European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS)

Indexed keywords

CO2 EMISSION; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; EMISSION REDUCTION; EUROPEAN UNION EMISSION TRADING SCHEMES; FUEL PRICES; GAS PRICE; POWER SECTOR; SIMULATION MODEL;

CIVIL AVIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; GAS EMISSIONS; INTERNATIONAL LAW;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COMMODITY PRICE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; EUROPEAN UNION;

EUROPE;

EID: 79952072719     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.12.043     Document Type: Article

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