An analysis of factors that influence the technical efficiency of Malaysian thermal power plants

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 677-685

  See, Kok Fong ^a   Coelli, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Electric utilities; Ownership

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY LEVELS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FUEL TYPES; GAS-FIRED POWER PLANTS; MALAYSIANS; OWNERSHIP; PARAMETRIC METHOD; PLANT SIZE; PLANT TYPES; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL POWER PLANTS;

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; POWER PLANTS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; POWER PLANT; STOCHASTICITY; THERMAL POWER;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84859723359     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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