Accounting for external costs in a study of a Swedish district-heating system - An assessment of environmental policies

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4909-4920

  Fahlen E ^a   Ahlgren, E O ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

District heating; Environmental policy; External costs

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST ESTIMATING; COSTS; DISTRICT HEATING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; HEAT GENERATION; PLANNING; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL;

DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM; ECONOMIC POLICIES; EMISSION PERMITS; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXTERNAL COSTS; GENERATION COST; POLICY INSTRUMENTS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COGENERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ESTIMATION METHOD; POLLUTION TAX; RANKING; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

GOTEBORG; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

EID: 79958208400     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.03.049     Document Type: Article

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