A novel modeling based real option approach for CCS investment evaluation under multiple uncertainties

Applied Energy

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 1059-1067

  Zhang, Xian ^a,c   Wang, Xingwei ^b   Chen, Jiajun ^b   Xie, Xi ^c   Wang, Ke ^a   Wei, Yiming ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Administrative Centre for China's Agenda 21   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon capture and storage; Economic evaluation; Investment; Real option theory; Trinomial tree model; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON CAPTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; COSTS; DECISION TREES; EMISSION CONTROL; INDUSTRY; OPTIMIZATION; POWER PLANTS; RETROFITTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; REAL OPTION THEORY; TREE MODELING; UNCERTAINTY;

INVESTMENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENT; MARKET SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER PLANT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84884201428     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.08.047     Document Type: Article

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