Exploring the potential impact of implementing carbon capture technologies in fossil fuel power plants on regional European water stress index levels

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 39, Issue , 2015, Pages 318-328

  Schakel, Wouter ^a   Pfister, Stephan ^b   Ramírez, Andrea ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CCS; Cooling water; Europe; Power sector; Prospective scenarios; Water stress

Indexed keywords

COOLING; COOLING WATER; DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FOSSIL FUELS; WATER SUPPLY;

COOLING TECHNOLOGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EUROPE; LARGE-SCALE DEPLOYMENT; POWER SECTOR; PROSPECTIVE SCENARIOS; WATER STRESS; WATER STRESS INDICES;

CARBON CAPTURE;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COOLING WATER; FOSSIL FUEL; POWER PLANT; WATER STRESS; WATER USE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84930934625     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.05.031     Document Type: Article

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