High-resolution modeling of the western North American power system demonstrates low-cost and low-carbon futures

Energy Policy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 436-447

  Nelson, James ^a,b   Johnston, Josiah ^a,b   Mileva, Ana ^a,b   Fripp, Matthias ^c   Hoffman, Ian ^a,b,d   Petros Good, Autumn ^a,b   Blanco, Christian ^a   Kammen, Daniel M ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Energy modeling; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON POLICY; CARBON PRICE; CLIMATE STABILIZATION; COAL POWER PLANTS; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; EMISSION REDUCTION; ENERGY MODELING; GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOW-CARBON; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; NORTH AMERICAN; NUCLEAR GENERATION; POWER SECTOR; POWER SYSTEM PLANNING; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD; RENEWABLE SOURCES; RESOURCE COSTS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TOTAL POWER; TRANSMISSION CAPACITIES;

COAL DEPOSITS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

COSTS;

CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84857064679     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.01.031     Document Type: Article

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