Decarbonizing Europe's power sector by 2050 - Analyzing the economic implications of alternative decarbonization pathways

Energy Economics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 622-636

  Jägemann, Cosima ^a   Fürsch, Michaela ^a   Hagspiel, Simeon ^a   Nagl, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon capture and storage; Decarbonization costs; EU climate policy; Excess costs; Nuclear power; Renewable energies

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; CLIMATE POLICY; CONVENTIONAL POWER PLANTS; ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS; LOW CARBON ECONOMY; LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

CARBON CAPTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECARBONIZATION; ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAD ACID BATTERIES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; POWER PLANTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

COST REDUCTION;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUCLEAR POWER; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84884563459     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.08.019     Document Type: Article

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