Energy-saving and emission-abatement potential of Chinese coal-fired power enterprise: A non-parametric analysis

Energy Economics

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 33-43

  Wei, Chu ^a   Löschel, Andreas ^b,c   Liu, Bing ^d  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CO2 abatement potential; Coal fired power enterprise; Energy saving potential; Weighted Russell Directional Distance Function

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ABATEMENT POTENTIALS; COAL-FIRED POWER; DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE FUNCTION; EMISSION ABATEMENT; ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL; NON-PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; SUBSTANTIAL VARIATIONS;

ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE;

CHINA; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84923095898     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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