State-level infrastructure and economic effects of switchgrass cofiring with coal in existing power plants for carbon mitigation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 6657-6662

  Morrow, William R ^a,c,d   Griffin, W Michael ^a,b   Matthews, H Scott ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Energy and Environmental Economics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; POWER PLANTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CARBON MITIGATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; POWER PLANTS;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; LINEAR PROGRAMING; MITIGATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; IOWA; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PANICUM; PENNSYLVANIA; POWER PLANTS;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 35148891845     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070335h     Document Type: Article

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