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Reconciliation of Social Discount Rate and Private Finance Initiative: Application to District Heating Networks in the EU-28

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The European Union needs, due to its energy dependency and high potential in reducing both primary energy

The present would exercise dictatorship over the future by letting decisions be guided only by net present value.

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Colmenar-Santos, A., Borge-Díez, D., Rosales-Asensio, E. (2017). Reconciliation of Social Discount Rate and Private Finance Initiative: Application to District Heating Networks in the EU-28. In: District Heating and Cooling Networks in the European Union. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57952-8_4

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