Evaluating renewable portfolio standards and carbon cap scenarios in the U.S. electric sector

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2573-2585

  Bird, Lori ^a   Chapman, Caroline ^a   Logan, Jeff ^a   Sumner, Jenny ^a   Short, Walter ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cap and trade; Policy implementation; Renewable portfolio standard

Indexed keywords

CAP AND TRADE; CARBON EMISSIONS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION CAPACITY; ELECTRICITY PRICES; ELECTRICITY SECTOR; GENERATION MIX; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; POLICY COMBINATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD; TRADE POLICIES;

COMMERCE; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRICITY; STANDARDS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CARBON EMISSION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953307009     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.02.025     Document Type: Article

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