Using floor price mechanisms to promote carbon capture and storage (CCS) investment and CO2 abatement

Energy and Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 687-707

  Mo, Jian Lei ^a   Zhu, Lei ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

CCS investment; emission trading scheme; Floor price

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON CAPTURE; CIVIL AVIATION; COMMERCE; COSTS; FLOORS; GAS EMISSIONS; INVESTMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ABATEMENT TECHNOLOGIES; CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; EMISSION TRADING SCHEME; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION METHODS; OPERATION DECISIONS; OPERATION FLEXIBILITY; REAL OPTIONS THEORY; STABILISATION MECHANISMS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ABATEMENT COST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EMISSIONS TRADING; EUROPEAN UNION; INVESTMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS;

EID: 84901780141     PISSN: 0958305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0958-305X.25.3-4.687     Document Type: Article

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