The monetary quantitative methods of environmental and health benefits of renewable energy

Author

Shan, Ren ; Huifeng, Xue

Author_Institution

Acad. of Econ. & Manage., Xi´´an Univ. of Technol., Xi´´an, China

Volume

3

fYear

2010

fDate

17-18 July 2010

Firstpage

20

Lastpage

23

Abstract

The external benefits of renewable energy were systematic analyzed and described in detail, such as the energy benefits, the environmental benefits, the health benefits and the macro-economic benefits. The monetary calculation methods of environmental and health benefits were discussed in-depth, which can offer help to planners and policy makers to understand the potential benefits of renewable energy, and also provide a strong support for the establishment of reasonable price mechanism and related incentives of renewable energy.

Keywords

environmental factors; health and safety; incentive schemes; macroeconomics; power markets; renewable energy sources; environmental benefits; health benefits; incentives; macroeconomic benefits; monetary calculation methods; price mechanism; renewable energy; Air pollution; Economics; Industries; Power generation; Renewable energy resources; Transportation; environmental benefits; monetary quantify; renewable;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmental Science and Information Application Technology (ESIAT), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7387-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ESIAT.2010.5568938

Filename

5568938