Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name:  Hisashi Amagai 
Author-Name:  PingSun Leung
Title:  The Trade-Off between Economic and Environmental Objectives in Japan's Power Sector
Classification-JEL: F0
Pages:  95-104
Volume:  Volume 12
Issue:  Number 4
Year:  1991
Abstract:  The current concern about global warming has made it necessary for the electric power industry in Japan to reexamine its power generation mix plan. Past studies on the optimal power generation mix in Japan have only emphasized economic efficiency. Thermal power generation producing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions has a lower generation cost than hydropower and new energy sources. Hence, there is a trade-off between generation-cost minimization (the economic objective) and COz emission minimization (the environmental objective). This paper presents a quantitative study of the trade-off between these two objectives in the year 2000, and discusses the nature of the trade-off curve and the extent of power generation by source.
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