Implications of changing natural gas prices in the United States electricity sector for SO2, NOX and life cycle GHG emissions

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Venkatesh, Aranya ^a   Jaramillo, Paulina ^a   Griffin, W Michael ^a,b   Matthews, H Scott ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coal; dispatch model; electricity; emissions; natural gas

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COAL; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY; GAS SUPPLY; LIFE CYCLE; NATURAL GAS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SCHEDULING; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ECONOMIC DISPATCH; ELECTRICITY GRIDS; ELECTRICITY SECTOR; LIFE-CYCLE GHG EMISSIONS; NATURAL GAS PRICE; NATURAL GAS UTILIZATION; PREVIOUS LIFE; SYSTEM BOUNDARY;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

COAL; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865112827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034018     Document Type: Article

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