Ebook: Carbon Pricing, Power Markets and the Competitiveness of Nuclear Power.
Author: OECD
- Tags: Nuclear industry -- OECD countries, Emissions trading -- OECD countries, Electric power production -- OECD countries, Electric power production, Emissions trading, Nuclear industry, OECD countries
- Series: Nuclear development Carbon pricing power markets and the competitiveness of nuclear power.
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- City: OECD countries., Paris
- Language: English
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This study assesses the competitiveness of nuclear power against coal- and gas-fired power generation in liberalised electricity markets with either CO2 trading or carbon taxes. It uses daily price data for electricity, gas, coal and carbon from 2005 to 2010, which encompasses the first years of the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), the world's foremost carbon trading framework. The study shows that even Read more...