Costs for integrating wind into the future ERCOT system with related costs for savings in CO2 emissions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3160-3166

  Lu, Xi ^a   McElroy, Michael B ^a   Sluzas, Nora A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VEHICLES; HOURLY LOAD; INTRINSIC VARIABILITIES; PENETRATION LEVEL; WIND PENETRATION; WIND PENETRATION LEVELS;

ELECTRICITY; FLEET OPERATIONS; WIND POWER;

COST REDUCTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL;

CARBON EMISSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; INTEGRATED APPROACH; WIND POWER;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; GAS; GAS TURBINE POWER; MOTOR VEHICLE; NUCLEAR ENERGY; POWER SUPPLY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR ENERGY; UNITED STATES; WIND POWER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; FOSSIL FUELS; POWER PLANTS; TEXAS; WIND;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953243370     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103948t     Document Type: Article

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