The cost of carbon dioxide abatement from state renewable portfolio standards

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 332-350

  Johnson, Erik Paul ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of carbon abatement; Electricity; Energy; Renewable portfolio standards

Indexed keywords

CARBON ABATEMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; ENERGY; PRICE ELASTICITY; REGIONAL VARIATION; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD; STATE GOVERNMENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COSTS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRICITY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; STANDARDS; TOOLS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ABATEMENT COST; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON EMISSION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STANDARD (REGULATION);

EID: 84893506105     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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