Deep carbon reductions in California require electrification and integration across economic sectors

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wei, Max ^a   Nelson, James H ^b   Greenblatt, Jeffery B ^a   Mileva, Ana ^b   Johnston, Josiah ^b   Ting, Michael ^c   Yang, Christopher ^d   Jones, Chris ^b   McMahon, James E ^a   Kammen, Daniel M ^b,e  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Itron Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

deep carbon reduction; electricity system optimization; energy system modeling; long term energy scenarios; renewable energy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GASES; OPTIMIZATION;

CARBON REDUCTION; ELECTRICITY SYSTEM; ENERGY SCENARIOS; ENERGY SYSTEM MODELING; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

CARBON EMISSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIFICATION; EMISSION CONTROL; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION POLICY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876167000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014038     Document Type: Article

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