... industry Fossil fuels Thermal efficiency Emission Coal China China's demand for electricity can be expected to increase with its industrialization process, which grew at an unparalleled speed with approximately 10 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) growth for almost three decades. Coal...

...Ali Emrouznejad; William Ho; Ioannis E. Tsolas Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the performance of Greek fossil fuel‐fired power stations employing a data envelopment analysis (DEA) model combined with bootstrapping. Design/methodology/approach DEA is used to derive aggregate...

...Hans‐Holger Rogner; Deepak Sharma; Ahmed Irej Jalal Purpose In recognition of the urgency of the global need to reduce CO₂ emissions from the electricity sector, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the cost‐effectiveness of nuclear power and fossil‐fuel‐based power with and without...

... Limited 2008 Coal Coal mining Energy methods Energy supply systems Fossil fuels More surprisingly, Europe is also rediscovering coal, despite supposedly having turned its back on it once and for all. In Germany, the rejection of the nuclear option, which initially benefited the wind...