Deregulation, vertical unbundling and the performance of China's large coal-fired power plants

Energy Economics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 474-483

  Zhao, Xiaoli ^a   Ma, Chunbo ^b  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Deregulation; Efficiency; Electricity reform

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY REFORM; INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; UNBUNDLING;

COAL; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; INDUSTRY; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

DEREGULATION;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); DEREGULATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY REFORM; PRODUCTIVITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84883816369     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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