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Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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País: |
United States
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Título: |
Economic Impacts of Carbon Taxes and Biomass Feedstock Usage in Southeastern United States Coal Utilities
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Autores: |
English, Burton C.
Jensen, Kimberly L.
Menard, R. Jamey
Walsh, Marie E.
Brandt, Craig
Van Dyke, Jim
Hadley, Stanton
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Data: |
2008-04-29
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Ano: |
2007
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Palavras-chave: |
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
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R15
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Resumo: |
The Southeastern United States depends on coal to supply 60% of its electricity needs. The region leads in CO2 emissions and ranks second in emissions of SO2 and NO2. Compared with coal, biomass feedstocks have lower emission levels of sulfur or sulfur compounds and can potentially reduce nitrogen oxide emissions. This study examines the economic impacts of cofiring level scenarios. Economic impacts are estimated for producing, collecting, and transporting feedstock; retrofitting coal-fired utilities for burning feedstock; operating cofired utilities; and coal displaced from burning the feedstock.
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Tipo: |
Journal Article
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Idioma: |
Inglês
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Identificador: |
29809
http://purl.umn.edu/6634
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Relação: |
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics>Volume 39, Number 01, April 2007
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Formato: |
17
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