Environmental economics, methodologies and issues are discussed and examples quoted for electricity generation systems. Results of the application of environmental ‘adders’ simulating a carbon tax in a British engineering-economic forecasting model are presented and the implications for energy strategy and nuclear energy discussed in relation to environmental factors.
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