Evaluating the direct costs of controlling NOx emissions in Europe

Halkos, George (1996): Evaluating the direct costs of controlling NOx emissions in Europe.

Abstract

This study summarises the available information on the costs of those nitrogen oxides abatement technologies in operation at present or coming into operation in the near future. Relying on disaggregated source data and using engineering cost functions and various technical and economic assumptions, the least cost curves of nitrogen oxides abatement for all the European countries have been derived and some examples are presented.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Denitrification; Abatement costs
• Subjects: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q2 - Renewable Resources and Conservation

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