Carbon emission and mitigation cost comparisons between fossil fuel, nuclear and renewable energy resources for electricity generation

By Ralph E. H. Sims, H. Rogner, K. Gregory. 2003

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Subfields: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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Reducing Energy Inputs in the US Food System (2008, background): “In order to meet current US demand a photovoltaic array covering 26,000 km(2) would be needed (Sims et al. 2003), but less than 1% of this exists today (Hoffert et al.”
Biomass and Genotype × Environment Interactions of Populus Energy Crops in the Midwestern United States (2009, unknown): “logical sustainability [19, 40].”
State and local economic impacts from wind energy projects: Texas case study (2011, background): “…visual and noise impacts on communities (Devine-Wright, 2005a, b; Johansson and Laike, 2007; Pedersen and Wye, 2007; Pedersen et al. 2009; Swofford and Slattery, 2010), and the ability to more clearly quantify the system-wide environmental and emissions impacts from wind energy (Sims et al., 2003).”
The Impact of Renewable Energy Sources on Economic Growth and CO2 Emissions - a SVAR approach (2012, background): “solution for the environmental problems by itself (Soytas and Sari, 2009). Other authors have studied the relationship between RES and emissions. For instance, Green et al (2007) emphasize the role of these energy sources to stabilize atmospheric GHG concentration.”
How do oil prices, macroeconomic factors and policies affect the market for renewable energy? (2017, background): “Sims et al., (2003) examined this relationship and the effect that reducing renewable costs may have.”
A Review of Solar Photovoltaic Levelized Cost of Electricity (2011, unknown): “PV is considered a clean, sustainable, renewable energy conversion technology that can help meet the energy demands of the world’s growing population, whilst reducing the adverse anthropogenic impacts of fossil fuel use [5-7].”
Tax incentives to promote green electricity: An overview of EU-27 countries (2010, methodology): “Following Sims et al. (2003), several broad methods for mitigation of carbon dioxide emissions exist: (a) more efficient conversion of fossil fuels, (b) switching to low-carbon fossil fuels and suppressing emissions, (c) decarbonisation of fuels and flue gases, and carbon dioxide sequestration, (d)…”
How might China achieve its 2020 emissions target? A scenario analysis of energy consumption and CO2 emissions using the system dynamics model (2015, unknown): “In industrial level studies, for example, the power sector was analyzed to examine the impact of fuel switching or technology selection on CO2 emission reduction or the impact of carbon tax policy on future technologies and energy use (Sims et al., 2003; Van den Broek et al., 2008; Mondal et al., 20”
Ecological and economic cost-benefit analysis of offshore wind energy (2009, unknown): “electricity 2003 49 [60]”