Inducing low-carbon investment in the electric power industry through a price floor for emissions trading

Energy Policy

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 190-204

  Brauneis, Alexander ^a   Mestel, Roland ^b   Palan, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carbon price; Price floor; Technological change

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; CARBON MARKETS; CARBON PRICE; CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES; CLIMATE POLICY; COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT; COST OF CAPITAL; DRIVING FORCES; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES; ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRIES; EMISSIONS TRADING; FLOOR LEVEL; INPUT PARAMETER; INVESTMENT DECISIONS; LOW-CARBON; LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; COSTS; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; FLOORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TECHNOLOGY;

INVESTMENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; PRICING POLICY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 84871422841     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.10.048     Document Type: Article

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