An analysis of the economic determinants of energy efficiency in the European iron and steel industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 104, Issue , 2015, Pages 250-263

  Flues, Florens ^a   Rübbelke, Dirk ^b   Vögele, Stefan ^c  

^a OECD   (France)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c Institute of Energy and Climate Research Systems Analysis and Technology Evaluation Forschungszentrum Jülich   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Environmental protection; Iron and steel industry

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; STEELMAKING;

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE; FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS; INVESTMENT CLIMATE; IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTIONS; PRODUCTION LEVEL; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; STEEL PRODUCTION; TECHNICAL INFORMATION;

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY;

EID: 84931566803     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.05.030     Document Type: Article

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