Energy technologies evaluated against climate targets using a cost and carbon trade-off curve

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6673-6680

  Trancik, Jessika E ^a,b   Cross Call, Daniel ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON INTENSITY OF ENERGIES; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; ENERGY DEMAND PROJECTIONS; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; FUTURE PERFORMANCE; LOW-CARBON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY; TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCE;

CARBON; CLIMATE MODELS; COST ENGINEERING; COSTS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASE; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CARBON SOURCE; CLIMATE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FIELD EMISSION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879204898     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304922v     Document Type: Article

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