Fuel switching and climate and energy policies in the European power generation sector: A generalized Leontief model

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1064-1073

  Pettersson, Fredrik ^a   Söderholm, Patrik ^b   Lundmark, Robert ^b  

^a RINGHALS AB   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Electric power; Europe; Interfuel substitution

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATE FUELS; CARBON PRICE; CLIMATE POLICY; CROSS-PRICE ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRICITY MARKET; EUROPE; EUROPEAN EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME; EUROPEAN POWER GENERATION; FUEL CHOICES; FUEL SUBSTITUTION; FUEL SWITCHING; GAS USE; GENERALIZED LEONTIEF; OIL AND GAS; PEAK LOAD; POWER SECTOR; SWITCHING BEHAVIORS; TIME-PERIODS;

COAL; COSTS; ELASTICITY; ENERGY POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; SWITCHING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

COMMODITY PRICE; DEMAND ELASTICITY; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; GOVERNMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84862239116     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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