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Discussion Group on environmental policy instruments in Latin American and European liberalised electricity markets

P. Linares

September 2001 - February 2004

Funding entity Comisión Europea

Participated by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Centro de Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia Nuclear, Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Pan American Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmental sciences, Universidad de Chile, Comisión Nacional de Energía, Ente Nacional Regulador de la Electricidad (Argentina), Universität Stuttgart


The main objective of this Discussion Group is the improvement of the design of policies that promote an economically efficient and environment-friendly development of liberalised electricity systems, suited to the requirements of the different countries or regions in Europe and South America. This requires the accomplishment of different sub-objectives, such as: - the review of the effects of liberalisation on the environmental impact of electricity systems, - the analysis and comparison of methodologies for the assessment of the environmental impact of liberalised electricity systems, - the exchange of experiences on the incorporation of environmental aspects into liberalised electricity markets.


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