Contribution of anaerobic digesters to emissions mitigation and electricity generation under U.S. climate policy

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 6735-6742

  Zaks, David P M ^a   Winchester, Niven ^b,c   Kucharik, Christopher J ^a   Barford, Carol C ^a   Paltsev, Sergey ^b   Reilly, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; BREAK DOWN; CAPITAL COSTS; CLIMATE POLICY; CLIMATE STABILIZATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSIONS MITIGATION; EMISSIONS PREDICTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; GENERATE ELECTRICITY; MANURE STORAGES; METHANE MITIGATION; METHANE REDUCTION; ORGANIC WASTES; POLICY ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE MODELS; ELECTRICITY; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; MANURES; METHANE; SEWAGE;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

FERTILIZER; FOSSIL FUEL; METHANE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DIGESTION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; ODOR;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COST; ELECTRICITY; EMISSIONS PREDICTION AND POLICY ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXHAUST GAS; LIVESTOCK; MANURE; UNITED STATES;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FERTILIZERS; GASES; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MANURE; METHANE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051719356     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es104227y     Document Type: Article

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