Achieving 80% greenhouse gas reduction target in Saudi Arabia under low and medium oil prices

Energy Policy

Volumn 101, Issue , 2017, Pages 502-511

  Alshammari, Yousef M ^a   Sarathy, S Mani ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

CO2emissions; Decarbonisation scenarios; Oil breakeven price; Power generation; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COSTS; CRUDE OIL; ECONOMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GAS EMISSIONS; POWER GENERATION;

ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY; BREAK-EVEN PRICES; CO2EMISSIONS; DECARBONISATION; ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS; LOW-CARBON ENERGY SYSTEMS; SAUDI ARABIA;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CRUDE OIL; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE GAS; OIL SUPPLY; POWER GENERATION; PRICE DYNAMICS;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 85010677897     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.10.027     Document Type: Article

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