Impacts of increasing renewable energy subsidies and phasing out fossil fuel subsidies in China

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 933-942

  Ouyang, Xiaoling ^a   Lin, Boqiang ^b,c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy subsidy; Energy system; Life cycle external cost; Price gap approach; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOSSIL FUEL DEPOSITS; FUEL ECONOMY;

ENERGY SUBSIDIES; ENERGY SYSTEMS; EXTERNAL COSTS; PRICE-GAP APPROACHES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

FOSSIL FUELS;

EID: 84903709455     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.05.013     Document Type: Review

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