The relative impacts of distributed and centralized generation of electricity on local air quality in the South Coast Air Basin of California

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4999-5007

  Jing, Qiguo ^a   Venkatram, Akula ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

Central generation; Distributed generation; Local air quality impact

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY IMPACTS; ANNUAL AVERAGE; BOILER EMISSIONS; CENTRAL GENERATIONS; CENTRALIZED GENERATION; DISTRIBUTED GENERATIONS; GROUND-LEVEL; LOCAL AIR QUALITY IMPACT; LOS ANGELES; POWER DEMANDS; PRIMARY EMISSIONS; RELATIVE IMPACT; SOURCE-RECEPTOR; SOUTH COAST AIR BASIN OF CALIFORNIA; SOUTH COAST AIR BASINS;

AIR QUALITY; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; NATURAL GASOLINE PLANTS; WASTE HEAT;

POWER QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NITROGEN OXIDES; POWER GENERATION;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960743859     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.05.056     Document Type: Article

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