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Do carbon offsets offset carbon?
Calel, Raphael; Colmer, Jonathan; Dechezleprêtre, Antoine - 2021
We develop and implement a new method for identifying wasted subsidies, and use it to provide systematic evidence on the misallocation of carbon offsets in the Clean Development Mechanism - the world's largest carbon offset program. Using newly constructed data on the locations and...
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Décisions d’investissement et de démantèlement sous incertitude : une application au secteur électrique
Chaton, Corinne - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2001
, to invest in new nuclear power units or should some of the existing units be decommissioned? The theoretical model … French nuclear power plants. The main finding is that, on a certain number of theoretical and empirical assumptions, it is … optimal at present is to leave French nuclear power capacity unchanged. Other more general findings follow from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706628
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The Environmental Impacts of Electricity Restructuring: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Burtraw, Dallas; Palmer, Karen - 2005
retirements of inefficient nuclear facilities, whose generation would be replaced by fossil generation, further increasing … the intervening years to utilization of coal facilities, performance of existing nuclear plants, investment in natural gas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005399473
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The impact of policy measures on future power generation portfolio and infrastructure : a combined electricity and CCTS investment and dispatch model (ELCO)
Mendelevitch, Roman; Oei, Pao-Yu - 2015
into various types of generation technologies including renewables, nuclear and Carbon Capture, Transport, and Storage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392062
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CO2 emission standards and investment in carbon capture
Eide, Jan; Sisternes, Fernando J. de; Herzog, Howard J.; … - In: Energy Economics 45 (2014) C, pp. 53-65
Policy makers in a number of countries have proposed or are considering proposing CO2 emission standards for new fossil fuel-fired power plants. The proposed standards require coal-fired power plants to have approximately the same carbon emissions as an uncontrolled natural gas-fired power...
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Control of Geological Carbon Sequestration in the Western United States
Durrant, Marie Bradshaw; Reitze, Arnold W. - 2014
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The Real Drivers of Carbon Capture and Storage In China and Implications for Climate Policy
Morse, Richard K.; Rai, Varun; He, Gang - 2014
The capture and permanent storage of CO2 emissions from coal combustion is now widely viewed as imperative for stabilization of the global climate. Coal is the world’s fastest growing fossil fuel. This trend presents a forceful case for the development and wide dissemination of technologies...
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Carbon Capture and Storage (Sequestration)
Reitze, Arnold W. - 2014
This article updates the author's prior articles on carbon capture and storage (sequestration) to cover developments in 2010-2013. It also covers regulatory development concerning fossil-fueled electric power plants
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014148498
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Federal Control of Carbon Capture and Storage
Reitze, Arnold W. - 2013
The U.S. Department of Energy is working to develop and implement commercial-scale carbon capture and storage. This article discusses the technical and legal problems that must be resolved to have a viable program. It concludes that whether carbon sequestration becomes a commercial reality will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014165884
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Carbon Capture and Storage Program's NEPA Compliance
Reitze, Arnold W. - 2014
This article focuses on NEPA compliance by the U.S. Department of Energy and its National Energy Technology Laboratory concerning the funding of carbon capture and storage projects. The article concludes that NEPA documents that are produced comply with the statute’s requirements, but the...
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