Environmental Benefits of Renewable Portfolio Standards in an Age of Coal Plant Retirements
CSS Publication Number
CSS15-31
Full Publication Date
October 2015
Abstract
An examination of the environmental benefits of an expanded RPS in Michigan find that, with higher coal retirements, significantly more natural gas is displaced by the expanded RPS, thereby reducing the emissions mitigation potential. This illustrates how the environmental benefits of renewable energy are dependent on the system into which it is integrated.
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Research Areas
Energy
Energy Systems
Keywords
Emission Mitigation, Policies, Sustainability
Publication Type
Conference Proceeding
Digital Object Identifier
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tej.2015.09.007
Full Citation
Johnson, Jeremiah X. and Joshua Novacheck. (2015) “Environmental Benefits of Renewable Portfolio Standards in an Age of Coal Plant Retirements.” The Electricity Journal, 28 (8): 59–68, 2015. [Editorial review]
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