Fuel prices, emission standards, and generation costs for coal vs natural gas power plants

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4926-4933

  Pratson, Lincoln F ^a   Haerer, Drew ^a   Patiño Echeverri, Dalia ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL POWER PLANTS; COST OF ELECTRICITY; CURRENT REGULATIONS; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; EMISSION REGULATION; EMISSION STANDARD; NATURAL GAS POWER PLANTS; NATURAL GAS PRICE;

COAL; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS PLANTS; NATURAL GAS;

COSTS;

FUEL;

COAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; NATURAL GAS; POWER PLANT; PRICE DYNAMICS; STANDARD (REGULATION);

ARTICLE; COAL POWER; COMBUSTION; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; GAS POWER PLANT;

COAL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GAS, NATURAL; POWER PLANTS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877589668     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4001642     Document Type: Article

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