Estimates of inter-fuel substitution possibilities in Chinese chemical industry

Energy Economics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 560-568

  Lin, Boqiang ^a,b   Wesseh, Presley K ^b,c  

^a MINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA   (Liberia)

Author keywords

Chemical sector; China; Inter fuel substitution

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SECTOR; CHINA; CLEANER ENERGIES; ENERGY INTENSITY; ESTIMATION RESULTS; INSTALLED CAPACITY; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; RIDGE REGRESSION;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COAL; ELECTRICITY; ESTIMATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; NATURAL GAS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FUELS;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COAL; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUBSTITUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 84884387416     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.08.017     Document Type: Article

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