Regional variations in the health, environmental, and climate benefits of wind and solar generation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 29, 2013, Pages 11768-11773

  Siler Evans, Kyle ^a   Azevedo, Ines Lima ^a   Morgan, M Granger ^a   Apt, Jay ^a,b  

^a Engineering and Public Policy   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Externalities; Renewable electricity; Renewable energy policy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; UNITED STATES; WIND POWER;

AIR POLLUTION; EXTERNALITIES; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; UNITED STATES; WIND;

EID: 84880340522     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221978110     Document Type: Article

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