Understanding China's electricity market reform from the perspective of the coal-fired power disparity

Energy Policy

Volumn 74, Issue C, 2014, Pages 224-234

  Mou, Dunguo ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coalfired power; DEA; Electricity market reform

Indexed keywords

COAL; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

CHINA'S ELECTRICITIES; COAL ELECTRICITIES; COAL-FIRED POWER; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY MARKET REFORMS; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; SLACK-BASED MEASURES; UNITED ELECTRICITY MARKET;

POWER MARKETS;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; POLICY REFORM;

CHINA;

EID: 84924139636     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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