Construction cost overruns and electricity infrastructure: An unavoidable risk?

Electricity Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 112-120

  Sovacool, Benjamin K ^a   Nugent, Daniel ^b   Gilbert, Alex ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b VLS's Institute for Energy and the Environment   (United States)

^c LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

CONSTRUCTION COSTS; CONSTRUCTION RISKS; COST-OVERRUNS; ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE; HYDROELECTRIC DAMS; POWER PLANT PROJECTS; TRANSMISSION PROJECTS; WIND FARM;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84902075564     PISSN: 10406190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tej.2014.03.015     Document Type: Article

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