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This chapter describes the assumptions made in order to conduct the social cost–benefit analysis with proper and up-to-date data, and provides some preliminary calculations to be used in the CBA that will be presented in Chap. 5. It describes the values used for the investment costs, operation and maintenance costs and fuel costs of each power generating technology (fossil fuel-based or renewable) as well as the external costs associated with each technology.
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Even if some carbon is not burnt entirely to CO2 and remains at the exhaust as carbon monoxide (CO), it is quickly oxidized to CO2 when the exhaust gas is mixed with atmospheric air. Remaining amounts of unburnt carbon, e.g. in the form of particulate matter, though potentially dangerous to human health, are very small and do not compromise the accuracy of the mass balance presented here.
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Private communication with the Department of Labour Inspection of the Republic of Cyprus, spring 2014.
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Zachariadis, T., Hadjikyriakou, C. (2016). Data and Preliminary Calculations. In: Social Costs and Benefits of Renewable Electricity Generation in Cyprus. SpringerBriefs in Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31535-5_4
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