The implications of CO2 price for China's power sector decarbonization

Applied Energy

Volumn 146, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-64

  Li, Ying ^a   Lukszo, Zofia ^a   Weijnen, Margot ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon capture and storage (CCS); China; CO2 price; Fuel prices; Power decarbonization; Renewable energy source (RES)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON CAPTURE; COMMERCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DECARBONIZATION; DECISION MAKING; FUEL STORAGE; FUELS; NATURAL RESOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE COSTS; ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE; EMISSION TRADING SYSTEMS; FUEL PRICES; GENERATION EXPANSION PLANNING; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; POWER GENERATION; PRICING POLICY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84923861424     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.01.105     Document Type: Article

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