Simulating emissions intensity targets with energy economic models: algorithm and application

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 141-155

  Cai, Yiyong ^a,b   Lu, Yingying ^c   Stegman, Alison ^b   Newth, David ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Emissions intensity target; Energy economic model; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931430528     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-015-1927-0     Document Type: Article

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