DEA radial measurement for environmental assessment and planning: Desirable procedures to evaluate fossil fuel power plants

Energy Policy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 422-432

  Sueyoshi, Toshiyuki ^a   Goto, Mika ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Energy policy; Environmental assessment

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES; DUAL FORMULATIONS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MODEL VARIATION; POLICY MAKERS;

ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; INDUSTRY; RATING;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOSSIL FUEL; POWER PLANT;

EID: 84855938129     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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