Emissions reductions from expanding state-level renewable portfolio standards

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 5318-5325

  Johnson, Jeremiah X ^a   Novacheck, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; SCHEDULING; WIND POWER;

ABSOLUTE REDUCTION; ECONOMIC DISPATCH; EMISSIONS INTENSITY; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; INTERCONNECTED GRID; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD; RENEWABLE PROJECTS;

REDUCTION;

EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STANDARD (REGULATION); WIND POWER;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY COST; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PLANT RESIDUE; RENEWABLE ENERGY; RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WIND POWER; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; MICHIGAN; SOLAR ENERGY; WIND;

UNITED STATES;

MICHIGAN; POWER PLANTS; SOLAR ENERGY; WIND;

EID: 84928911242     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es506123e     Document Type: Article

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