Tackling Investment Challenges in Power Generation in IEA Countries

What are the recent trends and prospects for investment in power generation? What are the main drivers and barriers? This book assesses these issues and gives special emphasis to the question of how uncertainties may affect investment decisions. Uncertainties on CO2 constraints, on power plant licen...

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Corporate Author: International Energy Agency
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2007
Series:Energy Market Experience
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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