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“External costs” of electricity generation are defined here as all negative tewchnology-related effects involved in electricity generation — including antecedent and subsequent process steps such as the erection and dismantling of power plants, the acquisition and transport of energy resources, and the disposal of wastes, which are paid for not by the producer but by the general public or other parties.
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Friedrich, R., Kallenbach, U. (1991). External Costs of Electricity Generation. In: Hohmeyer, O., Ottinger, R.L. (eds) External Environmental Costs of Electric Power. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76712-8_16
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