Efficiency assessment and benchmarking of thermal power plants in India

Energy Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-176

  Shrivastava, Naveen ^a   Sharma, Seema ^b   Chauhan, Kavita ^c  

^a National Power Training Institute   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis Scale efficiency; Thermal power plants

Indexed keywords

COAL; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

COAL FIRED THERMAL POWER PLANTS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS SCALE EFFICIENCIES; EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT; PERCAPITA CONSUMPTION; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL POWER PLANTS;

SMALL POWER PLANTS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENCHMARKING; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; POWER PLANT; THERMAL POWER;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHINA; INDIA; JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855739497     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.09.020     Document Type: Article

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