Economic evaluation of different generating systems, environmental cost and carbon tax simulations

A Green Quality Management Decision Model with Carbon Tax and Capacity Expansion under Activity-Based Costing (ABC)—A Case Study in the Tire Manufacturing Industry

Energies ◽

10.3390/en11071858 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (7) ◽

pp. 1858 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Wen-Hsien Tsai

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Quality Management ◽

Carbon Emissions ◽

Manufacturing Industry ◽

Carbon Tax ◽

Environmental Cost ◽

Total Carbon ◽

Management Decision ◽

Activity Based Costing ◽

Carbon Reduction

Issues related to global environmental protection are highly important. Under the global trend of energy saving and carbon reduction, in order to lower the carbon emissions of products or services offered by enterprises, the Taiwanese government aims to control carbon emissions by constructing a carbon tax system and mandating enterprises to pay a carbon tax. The collection of a carbon tax can minimize the total social environmental cost and increase the efficiency of carbon reduction; the need to control the green quality cost can serve as a criterion of green management decision-making. This study aimed to reorganize carbon emissions in different stages of production in order to lower the total carbon emissions of products. Activity-based costing (ABC) was adopted to assess green quality management and production cost. The optimal green quality production portfolio was selected via a mathematical programming model to focus on the expansion of productivity and outsourcing strategy in order to effectively lessen the harmful effects on the environment and maximize profits. Besides academic contributions, the findings of this study could serve as a reference to enterprises on assessing the effects of carbon emissions, carbon taxes, and environmental management on production decision-making.

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Australia's Carbon Tax: An Economic Evaluation

Economic Affairs ◽

10.1111/ecaf.12061 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 35-45 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Alex Robson

Keyword(s):

Economic Evaluation ◽

Carbon Tax

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Economic Evaluation System of a Marine Public-Private Partnership Project Considering Environmental Cost from the Perspective of the Public Sector

Journal of Coastal Research ◽

10.2112/si106-100.1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 106 (sp1) ◽

pp. 445

Author(s):

Zhiru Li ◽

Wei Xu ◽

Yuanyuan Zhang ◽

Huibin Shi ◽

Honglei Hu

Keyword(s):

Economic Evaluation ◽

Public Sector ◽

Evaluation System ◽

Public Private Partnership ◽

Environmental Cost ◽

Private Partnership ◽

The Public

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Repowering of an Existing Cogeneration Plant Including Environmental Cost Internalization

Volume 2: Coal, Biomass and Alternative Fuels; Combustion and Fuels; Oil and Gas Applications; Cycle Innovations ◽

10.1115/2000-gt-0157 ◽

2000 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

M. Calì ◽

A. F. Massardo ◽

M. Santarelli

Keyword(s):

Co2 Emissions ◽

Exergy Analysis ◽

High Efficiency ◽

Carbon Tax ◽

Energy Resources ◽

Cost Evaluation ◽

Environmental Cost ◽

Cogeneration Plant ◽

Efficient Utilization ◽

The Cost

In this paper an existing cogeneration plant (134 MWel and 225 MWth) based on gas turbine and steam cycle technology, has been investigated. The main goal of the work is to analyse different repowering options for the plant taking into account the capital cost of the new devices, the cost of the fuel and the cost related to the CO2 emissions. For the analysis of the repowering alternatives the Thermoeconomic Analysis has been utilised. Two different approaches have been used for the CO2 emissions cost evaluation: the classical Carbon Tax approach using political charges on the unit ton of emitted CO2, and one proposed by the Authors linked to the efficient utilization of energy resources in the plants, and based on the exergy analysis. In the paper the two procedures for the evaluation of the charges on the CO2 emissions and their influence on the choice of the repowering option, and how they promote the adoption of a high efficiency repowering solutions have been discussed.

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