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Eco-efficiency considering the issue of heterogeneity among power plants

One of the main objectives in restructuring power industry is enhancing the efficiency of power facilities. However, power generation industry, which plays a key role in the power industry, has a noticeable share in emission amongst all other emission-generating sectors. In this study, we have devel...

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Main Authors: Arabi, B., Munisamy, S., Emrouznejad, A., Toloo, M., Ghazizadeh, M.S.
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Published: Elsevier 2016
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HB Economic Theory
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/18331/
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2016.05.004
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spelling my.um.eprints.183312017-11-21T03:07:06Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/18331/ Eco-efficiency considering the issue of heterogeneity among power plants Arabi, B. Munisamy, S. Emrouznejad, A. Toloo, M. Ghazizadeh, M.S. HB Economic Theory One of the main objectives in restructuring power industry is enhancing the efficiency of power facilities. However, power generation industry, which plays a key role in the power industry, has a noticeable share in emission amongst all other emission-generating sectors. In this study, we have developed some new Data Envelopment Analysis models to find efficient power plants based on less fuel consumption, combusting less polluting fuel types, and incorporating emission factors in order to measure the ecological efficiency trend. We then applied these models to measuring eco-efficiency during an eight-year period of power industry restructuring in Iran. Results reveal that there has been a significant improvement in eco-efficiency, cost efficiency and allocative efficiency of the power plants during the restructuring period. It is also shown that despite the hydro power plants look eco-efficient; the combined cycle ones have been more allocative efficient than the other power generation technologies used in Iran. Elsevier 2016 Article PeerReviewed Arabi, B. and Munisamy, S. and Emrouznejad, A. and Toloo, M. and Ghazizadeh, M.S. (2016) Eco-efficiency considering the issue of heterogeneity among power plants. Energy, 111. pp. 722-735. ISSN 0360-5442 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2016.05.004 doi:10.1016/j.energy.2016.05.004
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topic HB Economic Theory
spellingShingle HB Economic Theory
Arabi, B.
Munisamy, S.
Emrouznejad, A.
Toloo, M.
Ghazizadeh, M.S.
Eco-efficiency considering the issue of heterogeneity among power plants
description One of the main objectives in restructuring power industry is enhancing the efficiency of power facilities. However, power generation industry, which plays a key role in the power industry, has a noticeable share in emission amongst all other emission-generating sectors. In this study, we have developed some new Data Envelopment Analysis models to find efficient power plants based on less fuel consumption, combusting less polluting fuel types, and incorporating emission factors in order to measure the ecological efficiency trend. We then applied these models to measuring eco-efficiency during an eight-year period of power industry restructuring in Iran. Results reveal that there has been a significant improvement in eco-efficiency, cost efficiency and allocative efficiency of the power plants during the restructuring period. It is also shown that despite the hydro power plants look eco-efficient; the combined cycle ones have been more allocative efficient than the other power generation technologies used in Iran.
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author Arabi, B.
Munisamy, S.
Emrouznejad, A.
Toloo, M.
Ghazizadeh, M.S.
author_facet Arabi, B.
Munisamy, S.
Emrouznejad, A.
Toloo, M.
Ghazizadeh, M.S.
author_sort Arabi, B.
title Eco-efficiency considering the issue of heterogeneity among power plants
title_short Eco-efficiency considering the issue of heterogeneity among power plants
title_full Eco-efficiency considering the issue of heterogeneity among power plants
title_fullStr Eco-efficiency considering the issue of heterogeneity among power plants
title_full_unstemmed Eco-efficiency considering the issue of heterogeneity among power plants
title_sort eco-efficiency considering the issue of heterogeneity among power plants
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2016
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/18331/
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2016.05.004
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