Potential emissions reductions from grandfathered coal power plants in the United States

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4816-4822

  Cohan, Daniel S ^a   Douglass, Catherine ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollutant emissions; Coal fired power plants; Retrofit control technologies

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT EMISSION; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON CAPTURE; COAL CONSUMPTION; COAL POWER PLANTS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES; EMISSION REDUCTION; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; HUMAN HEALTH; NEW GENERATION CAPACITY; NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS; REDUCTION POTENTIAL; RETROFIT CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES; SCENARIO ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COAL FUELED FURNACES; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; POLLUTION; REDUCTION; RETROFITTING; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TECHNOLOGY;

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960729174     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.06.039     Document Type: Article

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