Economic and environmental performance of electricity production in Finland: A multicriteria assessment framework

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-90

  Häyhä, Tiina ^a   Franzese, Pier Paolo ^a   Ulgiati, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CO2; Electricity; Emergy; Finland; GER; Production cost

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING METHODS; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CHP PLANT; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ELECTRICITY-GENERATION TECHNOLOGY; EMERGY; EMISSION PERMITS; ENERGY FUTURE; ENERGY MIX; ENERGY SOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; FINLAND; GER; HYDRO POWER; MULTI-CRITERIA ASSESSMENT; NATIONAL LEVEL; PRODUCTION COST; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION; WOOD BIOMASS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPETITION; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS PLANTS; PEAT; POWER QUALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WIND POWER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BIOMASS POWER; BIOPHYSICS; CARBON EMISSION; COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMERGY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUEL; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR POWER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTION COST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF;

FINLAND;

CHANDIPURA VIRUS;

EID: 82955225294     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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