The Economic Effects of Industry-Level Emission Trading to reduce Greenhouse Gases, for European Commission, DG Environment
The purpose of the study was to provide analytical information for a variety of alternative emission trading participation schemes, regarding intra and inter-sectoral trading both within the Member States and at the Community level. The analysis was carried out with the use of the energy system model PRIMES that covers all EU Member States and is disaggregated along industrial sectors, service sectors, transports, households and energy suppliers. The report deals with issues regarding the methodology that was followed in the context of the study as well as the key features of PRIMES model and their implications on the obtained results. In the third section the different emission reduction cases examined in the context of the study are defined. The fourth section deals with the impacts of the implementation of alternative emission trading regimes in the EU and, finally, last section draws some conclusions from the findings of the study.
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"The Economic Effects of Industry - Level Emission Trading to Reduce Greenhouse Gases"
