The effect of climate change on electricity needs - A case study from Mediterranean Europe

Energy

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 899-910

  Zachariadis, Theodoros ^a   Hadjinicolaou, Panos ^b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Degree days; Econometric model; Regional climate model; Welfare losses

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; INVESTMENTS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGES; ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; DEGREE DAYS; ECONOMETRIC MODEL; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; WELFARE LOSS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; SOLAR POWER; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WELFARE REFORM;

CYPRUS; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EID: 84908476884     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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