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A state-level resource allocation model for emission reduction and efficiency improvement in thermal power plants
This paper develops a framework for centralized allocation of resources and production targets among firms that produce a bad output side-by-side...
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Regulated Early Closures of Coal-Fired Power Plants and Tougher Energy Taxation on Electricity Production: Synergy or Rivalry?
This chapter examines the economic and environmental effects of the interaction between regulated early closure of coal-fired power plants and new...
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Expediting Transition Towards HELE Coal-Fired Electricity Generation Technologies in Southeast Asia: A Comparative Economic Analysis of HELE and Subcritical Coal-Fired Technologies
To decarbonise the electricity generation sector under the International Energy Agency’s 2 °C scenario, electricity generation from less efficient...
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Cost of CO2 emission mitigation and its decomposition: evidence from coal-fired thermal power sector in India
We estimate carbon mitigation cost (CMC) and the factors determining change in CMC using environmental production function. The CMC index is defined...
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Regulatory independence and thermal power plant performance: evidence from India
We examine the role of regulatory independence on electricity generation performance in India. Electricity generation in India is exposed to several...
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More Power Generation, More Wheat Losses? Evidence from Wheat Productivity in North China
The adverse effects of thermal power plants on crop yield have not received adequate attention. Thus, this study aims to evaluate these effects...
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“No fences make bad neighbors” but markets make better ones: cap-and-trade reduces cross-border SO2 in a natural experiment
The clean air interstate rule (CAIR) was a regional cap-and-trade program announced in 2005 which covered 27 eastern US states and sought to reduce...
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Power Generation from Coal, Oil, Gas, and Biofuels
This chapter provides an introduction to the economics of electricity generation based on four different energy sources: coal, oil, natural gas, and...
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Regulatory Avoidance and Spillover: The Effects of Environmental Regulation on Emissions at Coal-Fired Power Plants
The Clean Air Act’s National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and New Source Review (NSR) permitting work in conjunction to improve ambient air...
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The health benefits of air pollution control in India
This paper presents an overview of the health benefits of controlling ambient air pollution in India. We answer five questions: First, how high is...
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Resilience in Power Generation: Two Case Studies from Turkey
There is a growing interest in improving resilience in power systems to extreme climate events because of societies’ high dependence on electrical...
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The Role of Battery Energy Storage Systems and Market Integration in Indonesia’s Zero Emission Vision
Indonesia has committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2060, with emphasis on the electricity sector eliminating harmful gas emissions by that...
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Revealed pollution abatement costs revisited
Surveys of the costs of inputs assigned to pollution abatement (Stated Costs) have been the principal method used to estimate pollution abatement...
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On the Economic Efficiency of Nuclear Power Digitization under the Conditions of Global Energy Transition
Abstract—The paper proposes an analytical methodology for assessing the effectiveness of investments in the digitalization of the design,...
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Analysis of China’s Electricity Market Under the New Round of Reform
In the context of achieving the goals of peaking carbon emissions and achieving carbon neutrality and building a national unified market, the pace of...
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The Taxation of Wind Power Plants: A Case of Regulatory Instability
Changes to the regulations governing the taxation of wind farms in Poland are a difficult-to-understand example of legislators’ irrationality. The...
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Nuclear Power
Nuclear powerNuclear power has gone from salvation to scapegoat over its notorious 70-year history. It began even earlier, when Albert...
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Study of Directions and Associated Costs in Reducing Carbon Emissions in the Electric Power Industry until 2050, Taking Into Account Intersectoral Factors
Abstract—The article examines the specifics of the formation of scenarios for the development of the electric power industry in Russia (including...
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Analysis of Environmental and Economic Effectiveness of Wind Power Generation in Japan
Chapter 4 examines recent advances in wind power generation in the different regions of Japan, and finds a positive cost-benefit balance in favor of...
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The Gas-Power Nexus
After years of growth, gas-fired generation became the largest source of electricity in 2015. New gas-fired capacity has been expanding most in...