The long-term life cycle private and external costs of high coal usage in the US

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 6225-6234

  Bergerson, Joule ^a   Lave, Lester ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal; Electricity; Life cycle

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COAL GASIFICATION PLANTS; COSTS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE; UNITED STATES;

CAPITAL COSTS; EXTERNAL COSTS; PRIVATE COSTS; PULVERIZED COAL PLANTS;

COAL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COAL PRODUCTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POWER PLANT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35649018296     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.06.016     Document Type: Article

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