Stranded on a low-carbon planet: Implications of climate policy for the phase-out of coal-based power plants

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 90, Issue PA, 2015, Pages 89-102

  Johnson, Nils ^a   Krey, Volker ^a   McCollum, David L ^a   Rao, Shilpa ^a   Riahi, Keywan ^a,b   Rogelj, Joeri ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CCS retrofit; Coal based electricity generation without CCS; Integrated assessment modeling; Near term climate policy; Premature retirement; Stranded capacity

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COAL; COAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; RETROFITTING;

CCS RETROFIT; CLIMATE POLICY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; PREMATURE RETIREMENT; STRANDED CAPACITY;

CARBON CAPTURE;

CARBON EMISSION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING;

EID: 84916939968     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2014.02.028     Document Type: Article

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