The importance of clean development mechanism for small hydro power plants

Renewable Energy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 643-647

  Martins, Douglas Eduardo Costa ^a   Seiffert, Mari Elizabete Bernardini ^b   Dziedzic, Maurício ^a  

^a POSITIVO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b Valetec Capital Investimentos ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon markets; Clean development mechanism; Climate change; Kyoto Protocol; Renewable energy; Small hydro project

Indexed keywords

CARBON MARKETS; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; KYOTO PROTOCOL; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SMALL HYDRO;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EARNINGS; ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; FORESTRY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ENERGY POLICY;

CAPITAL; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; PROFITABILITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84880272400     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.06.021     Document Type: Article

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