Declercq, Bruno; Delarue, Erik; D'haeseleer, William - In: Energy Policy 39 (2011) 3, pp. 1677-1686
This paper investigates the impact of the economic recession on CO2 emissions in the European power sector, during the years 2008 and 2009. Three main determinants of the power sector's emissions are identified: the demand for electricity, the CO2 price, and fuel prices. A counterfactual...