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A two-period model of emission abatement and allowance banking under uncertainty
Hanson, D.A. - 2008
This paper deals with the effects of uncertainty and risk aversion on market outcomes for SO{sub 2} emission allowance prices and on electric utility compliance choices. The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) provide about twice as many SO{sub 2} allowances to be issued per year in Phase I...
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Forecasting the market for SO sub 2 emission allowances under uncertainty
Hanson, D.; Molburg, J.; Fisher, R.; Boyd, G.; Pandola, G. - 2008
This paper deals with the effects of uncertainty and risk aversion on market outcomes for SO{sub 2} emission allowance prices and on electric utility compliance choices. The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA), which are briefly reviewed here, provide for about twice as many SO{sub 2}...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435950
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(Quality control and nondestructive test procedures for welded products)
Childress, C.E. - 2008
goals. The title, and by inference the charter, of Commission V is : Quality Control and Quality Assurance of Welded …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436000
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Case studies of the potential effects of carbon taxation on the stone, clay, and glass industry
Bock, M.J.; Boyd, G.A.; Rosenbaum, D.I.; Ross, M.H. - 2008
This case study focuses on the potential for a carbon tax ($25 and $100 per metric ton of carbon) to reduce energy use and associated carbon dioxide (CO[sub 2]) emissions in three subsectors of the stone, clay, and glass industry: hydraulic cement, glass and glass products, and other products. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436030
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Assessment of pre-competitive research and development needs for industrial waste minimization
Young, J.K.; Fassbender, L.L.; Sen, R.K. - 2008
This report summarizes the findings of the first phase of a study undertaken to define a role for the Advanced Industrial Concepts (AIC) Division of the Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) in developing waste minimization technologies for the industrial sector. The report describes the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436404
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Review of the cost-effectiveness of EPA's offshore oil and gas effluent guidelines
Veil, J.A. - 2008
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published proposed Effluent Limitation Guidelines and New Source Performance Standards for the Offshore Subcategory of the Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source Category on March 13, 1991 (56 FR 10664). These guidelines include limitations...
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To mitigate or not to mitigate: Regulatory treatment of emissions trading and its effect on marketplace incentives
McDermott, K.A.; South, D.W. - 2008
-based profit-incentive process into the traditional rate-base, rate-of-return, profit-control approach to regulation. How the … struggle to meld two potentially contradictory control and incentive programs will be resolved remains to be seen. As of now … retain overall control of the evolution of the regulated electric supply market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436580
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Dynamic limits of error for inventory differences at the Savannah River Site
Meitin, J.L. - 2008
Limits of error for inventory differences (LEIDs) using variance propagation techniques have been discussed in previous INMM meetings. However, using the variance propagation methodology with a large number of actual inventory measurements on a monthly basis requires the use of an automated LEID...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436582
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FWEH Induced High Bootstrap Current on Tore Supra
Basiuk, V., Joffrin, E., Aniel, T., Becoulet, A., …; … - 2009
-called `advanced` regimes of a tokamak reactor. It is thus important to study the stability of such discharges and to control them. By …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436691
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Measurement control at an SRS (Savannah River Site) analytical laboratory
Wills, G.P. - 2008
The measurement control program includes control of the analytical procedures, analyst training and qualification, and … mass and balance control. A DEC 11/750 minicomputer and an interfaced Hewlett Packard 9836 desktop computer control these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436704