Implications of the recent reductions in natural gas prices for emissions of CO 2 from the US power sector

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 3014-3021

  Lu, Xi ^a   Salovaara, Jackson ^a   McElroy, Michael B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL FIRED PLANTS; COST DIFFERENTIAL; ECONOMETRIC MODEL; GAS PRICE; NATURAL GAS COMBINED CYCLES; NATURAL GAS PRICE; POWER SECTOR;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COSTS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; GAS PLANTS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; NATURAL GAS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ECONOMETRICS; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; POWER GENERATION; SHALE; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COST; ELECTRICITY; OIL SHALE; ORGANIZATION; POWER SECTOR; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COMMERCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; GAS, NATURAL; GEOGRAPHY; POWER PLANTS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857847121     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203750k     Document Type: Article

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