This paper investigates the cost of biomass co-firing in European coal power stations. We propose a tractable and original method, that enables us to get expressions of biomass and CO2 breakeven points for co-firing in different types of coal plants. We call them carbon switching price and...

Since the creation of the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS), European power producers have monitored carbon emissions resulting from the composition of their production. Fuel switching is the main short-term abatement measure under the EU ETS. It consists in substituting combined...

The present paper is a synthetic version of the extensive study An Analysis of the Obstacles to the Development of a Sustainable Biodiesel Industry in Argentina [1][Asal and Marcus, 2005a], conducted in Argentina from October to December 2005 in collaboration between the University of...

This presentation of the findings of Nuclear energy and renewables : System effects in low-carbon electricity systems (recently published by OECD’s Nuclear Energy Agency) analyzes the interactions between “variable renewables and dispatchable energy technologies” (mainly wind and solar...

The international energy environment is full of uncertainties. However, the aggravation of global warming and the stagnation of climate geopolitics reinforce the urgency for action and the development of adaptation policies. Europe has set up a long term energy vision which is very responsible...