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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/abb7ad
	Utility-specific projections of electricity sector greenhouse gas emissions: A committed emissions model-based case study of California through 2050
	Grubert E.; Stokes-Draut J.; Horvath A.; Eisenstein W.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	17489318
卷号	15 期号:10
英文摘要	The environmental profile of electricity is changing rapidly, motivating a need for provider- and time-specific estimates for accurate environmental assessment. This work shows that defensible, provider- and time-specific emissions projections can be derived from two major factors: committed emissions from existing power plants and policy restrictions on future system characteristics. This letter introduces a bottom-up, power plant-based model that projects utility-specific annual average greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of electricity in the U.S. state of California for 2018-2050, believed to be the first openly available GHG emissions model with utility-specific projections. California is a useful case study for testing in part because of its strict regulatory GHG targets and the complexity of its electricity system, including limited asset ownership by utilities and substantial reliance on imported electricity. This plant-based approach to emissions projections bounds uncertainty in a way that less infrastructurally grounded approaches cannot. For example, emissions from unspecified sources of power can be estimated based on available plants. Based on historical power plant lifetimes, existing policy, and default model assumptions, the CO2 intensity of Californian electricity is projected to drop from 175 kg CO2/MWh (sales + losses, 2020) to 95 kg CO2/MWh by 2030, operationally decarbonizing by 2047. Upstream methane leakage increases GHG intensity of natural gas-fired power plants by about 30%, assuming a 100 year time horizon and national average estimates for leakage (which likely underestimate leakage for California). Although drivers like market conditions also affect future outcomes, California's current policy targets do not appear to require early retirement for utility generation assets, though up to about two gigawatts of extant in-state merchant capacity might be affected. Under current policy, new generating assets must either comply with the 100% clean electricity standard by 2045 or stop selling in California before the end of their expected useful life. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.
英文关键词	climate change; committed emissions; decarbonization; electricity; macro energy systems; utilities
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Carbon dioxide; Gas emissions; Natural gasoline plants; Power plants; Electricity sector; Electricity system; Environmental assessment; Environmental profile; Greenhouse gas (GHG); Natural gas fired power plants; Policy restrictions; System characteristics; Greenhouse gases; carbon emission; emission control; environmental economics; environmental impact; future prospect; greenhouse gas; prediction; California; United States
来源期刊	Environmental Research Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/153557
作者单位	School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 790 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332, United States; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, 760 Davis Hall, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States; University of California, Center for Resource Efficient Communities, 390 Wurster Hall #1839, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Grubert E.,Stokes-Draut J.,Horvath A.,et al. Utility-specific projections of electricity sector greenhouse gas emissions: A committed emissions model-based case study of California through 2050[J],2020,15(10).
APA	Grubert E.,Stokes-Draut J.,Horvath A.,&Eisenstein W..(2020).Utility-specific projections of electricity sector greenhouse gas emissions: A committed emissions model-based case study of California through 2050.Environmental Research Letters,15(10).
MLA	Grubert E.,et al."Utility-specific projections of electricity sector greenhouse gas emissions: A committed emissions model-based case study of California through 2050".Environmental Research Letters 15.10(2020).