The Energy journal (Cambridge, Mass.), 2004-01, Vol.25 (3), p.127-156
2004
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- Titel
- Environmental Externalities, Market Distortions and the Economics of Renewable Energy Technologies
- Ist Teil von
- The Energy journal (Cambridge, Mass.), 2004-01, Vol.25 (3), p.127-156
- Ort / Verlag
- Cleveland, OH: Energy Economics Education Foundation, Inc
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2004
- Quelle
- Business Source Ultimate
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- This paper reviews life cycle analyses of alternative energy technologies in terms of both their private and societal costs (that is, inclusive of externalities and net of taxes and subsidies). The economic viability of renewable energy technologies is shown to be heavily dependent upon the removal of market distortions. In other words, the removal of subsidies to fossil fuel-based technologies and the appropriate pricing of these fuels to reflect the environmental damage (local, regional, and global) created by their combustion are essential policy strategies for stimulating the development of renewable energy technologies in the stationary power sector. Policy options designed to "internalize" these externalities are briefly addressed.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0195-6574eISSN: 1944-9089DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol25-No3-7Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_36528114
- Format
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- Schlagworte
- 20th century, Alternative energy sources, Applied sciences, Carbon taxes, Coal, Cost estimates, Costs, Economic activity, Economic data, Economic externalities, Electric power, Electric power production, Electricity, Energy, Energy economics, Energy industry, Energy policy, Energy resources, Energy technology, Environmental impact, Environmental policy, Environmental technology, Exact sciences and technology, Externality, Fossil fuels, General, economic and professional studies, Greenhouse gases, IAEE Presidential Article, Industrial plant emissions, Life cycles, Natural energy, Pollutant emissions, Pollution, Renewable energy, Renewable resources, Studies, Subsidies, Taxes