Spatial variation of emissions impacts due to renewable energy siting decisions in the Western U.S. under high-renewable penetration scenarios

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 6962-6971

  Blumsack, Seth ^a   Xu, Jianhua ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Renewable energy; Transmission congestion

Indexed keywords

AIR EMISSIONS; ELECTRIC GENERATION; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; GENERATION DISPATCH; INCREMENTAL INVESTMENTS; POLICY GOALS; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; POWER GENERATION SOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY; RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SYSTEM EMISSION; SYSTEM LEVELS; TRANSMISSION ASSETS; TRANSMISSION CONGESTION; TRANSMISSION CONSTRAINT; WESTERN UNITED STATES; WIND FARM;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WIND POWER;

INVESTMENTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SPATIAL VARIATION; WIND POWER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054855788     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.11.047     Document Type: Article

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