How clean is clean? Incremental versus radical technological change in coal-fired power plants

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 331-355

  Rennings, Klaus ^a   Markewitz, Peter ^b   Vögele, Stefan ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon capture sequestration; Coal power plants; Incremental innovations; Radical innovations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876070189     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-010-0198-9     Document Type: Article

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