Measures to improve the performance of China's thermal power industry in view of cost efficiency

Applied Energy

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 1078-1086

  Wang, Yi Shu ^a   Xie, Bai Chen ^a,b   Shang, Li Feng ^a   Li, Wen Hua ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Coal price; Cost efficiency; Malmquist index; Sustainable development; Thermal power industry

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

CARBON EMISSIONS; COST EFFICIENCY; DYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; EXTERNAL FACTORS; MALMQUIST INDICES; POOR PERFORMANCE; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL POWER;

COSTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON EMISSION; COAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; INCENTIVE; INDEX METHOD; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; POLICY REFORM; PRICE DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL POWER;

CHINA;

EID: 84884205336     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.01.037     Document Type: Article

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