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White Knights: Will wind and solar come to the rescue of a looming capacity gap from nuclear phase-out or slow CCS start-up?
Griffin, Bradford; Buisson, Pierre; Criqui, Patrick; … - HAL - 2014
generation. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology has yet to become a commercially viable technology with little prospect … wind and solar as a non-emitting alternative to replace a nuclear phase-out or failure to deploy CCS technology is … penetration of renewables regardless of alternative generation technologies available, but especially if nuclear or CCS are absent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010820744
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Carbon price and optimal extraction of a polluting fossil fuel with restricted carbon capture
Coulomb, Renaud; Henriet, Fanny - HAL - 2010
Among technological options to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Carbon Capture and Storage technology (CCS … literature, based on one-sector models in which all emissions are capturable, finds that CCS technology should not be used before … sectors, this result does not always hold. CCS technology should be used before the ceiling is reached if non capturable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738951
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The Bush Administration's climate proposal : rhetoric and reality ?
Blanchard, Odile - HAL - 2003
The paper examines the Bush Administration's climate mitigation proposal.The Bush Administration'swait-and-see policy reflects some fundamental aspects of the U.S. governance of its economy, such as the pressure of specific interest groups, the unilateralism of the country, the reluctance to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791558
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The economics of changing course: implications of adaptability and inertia for optimal climate policy.
Grubb, Michael; Thierry, Chapuis; Ha-Duong, Minh - HAL - 1995
This paper reviews evidence that energy technologies and systems adapt over time to accomodate external pressures: that technical innovation and systemic change in the energy sector is largely induced by need, and restrained by potentially large transitional costs. A simple integrated model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791872
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The environment and directed technical change : comment
Hourcade, Jean Charles; Pottier, Antonin; Espagne, Etienne - HAL - 2011
This paper discusses the growth model with environmental constraints recently presented in (Acemoglu et al., 2011) which focuses on the redirection of technical change by climate policies with research subsidies and a carbon tax. First, Acemoglu et al.'s model and chosen parameters yield...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011026128
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Social aspects of Total's Lacq CCS pilot project
Ha-Duong, Minh; Gaultier, Michèle; Guillebon, Benoît De; … - HAL - 2013
This case study describes the social aspects of Total's CO2 integrated capture, transport and storage pilot project in Frontsouthwestern France, from the initial press conference February 8th, 2007 to the announce of its end in 2013. The economic and social context was favorable. The company...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738784
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Actuarial risk assessment of expected fatalities attributable to carbon capture and storage in 2050
Ha-Duong, Minh; Loisel, Rodica - HAL - 2011
This study estimates the human cost of failures in the CCS industry in 2050, using the actuarial approach. The range of … expected fatalities is assessed integrating all steps of the CCS chain: additional coal production, coal transportation, carbon …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009402095
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Climate policies deserve a negative discount rate
Fleurbaey, Marc; Zuber, Stéphane - HAL - 2012
We defend a methodology of discounting, for the evaluation of the long-term effects of climate policies, which relies on a social welfare objective, against the view that the market rate of return should be used for that purpose. We also show that in the long run, the discount rate for such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821415
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Fostering low carbon growth initiatives in Thailand
Criqui, Patrick; Peytral, Pierre-Olivier; Simon, … - HAL - 2012
The report is prepared with three main objectives: i/ Review of general information and scientific literature to be shared with members of the scientific committee and with other contributors to the seminar. ii/ Analysis of energy trends and carbon emission patterns, and identification of major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821436
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National Soft Landing CO2 trajectories under global carbon budgets
Criqui, Patrick; Ilasca, Constantin; Prados, Emmanuel - HAL - 2014
One of the most important outcomes during the last Conferences of the Parties was the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, which can be seen not only as a window of opportunity, but as a necessity to act. Our concern in the present paper is with the identification of an appropriate international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821444