Costs for conventional and renewable fuels and electricity in the worldwide transport sector: A mean-variance portfolio approach

Energy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 178-188

  Guerrero Lemus, Ricardo ^a,c   Marrero, Gustavo A ^a   Puch, Luis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency frontiers; Fuel costs; Mean variance analysis; Road sector

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIOFUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COSTS; EMISSION CONTROL; FOSSIL FUELS;

AVERAGE COST; BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; EFFICIENT SYSTEMS; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; FUEL COST; FUEL MIX; FUEL USE; INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY; LOW CARBON; MEAN VARIANCE; MEAN-VARIANCE ANALYSIS; PORTFOLIO THEORIES; REDUCING COSTS; RENEWABLE FUELS; ROAD SECTOR; ROAD TRANSPORT SECTORS; SECOND GENERATION; TRANSPORT SECTORS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; FOSSIL FUEL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; ROAD TRANSPORT; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864328418     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.06.047     Document Type: Article

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