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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/ab31d9
	Health co-benefits of sub-national renewable energy policy in the US
	Dimanchev E.G.; Paltsev S.; Yuan M.; Rothenberg D.; Tessum C.W.; Marshall J.D.; Selin N.E.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	17489318
卷号	14 期号:8
英文摘要	State and local policy-makers in the US have shown interest in transitioning electricity systems toward renewable energy sources and in mitigating harmful air pollution. However, the extent to which sub-national renewable energy policies can improve air quality remains unclear. To investigate this issue, we develop a systemic modeling framework that combines economic and air pollution models to assess the projected sub-national impacts of Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs) on air quality and human health, as well as on the economy and on climate change. We contribute to existing RPS cost-benefit literature by providing a comprehensive assessment of economic costs and estimating economy-wide changes in emissions and their impacts, using a general equilibrium modeling approach. This study is also the first to our knowledge to directly compare the health co-benefits of RPSs to those of carbon pricing. We estimate that existing RPSs in the 'Rust Belt' region generate a health co-benefit of $94 per ton CO2 reduced ($2-477/tCO2) in 2030, or 8 for each kWh of renewable energy deployed (0.2-40 kWh-1) in 2015 dollars. Our central estimate is 34% larger than total policy costs. We estimate that the central marginal benefit of raising renewable energy requirements exceeds the marginal cost, suggesting that strengthening RPSs increases net societal benefits. We also calculate that carbon pricing delivers health co-benefits of $211/tCO2 in 2030, 63% greater than the health co-benefit of reducing the same amount of CO2 through an RPS approach. © 2019 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.
英文关键词	air pollution; carbon pricing; climate change policy; cost-benefit analysis; health co-benefits; premature mortalities; renewable portfolio standard
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Air pollution; Air quality; Carbon; Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Climate models; Cost estimating; Economics; Energy policy; Health; Renewable energy resources; Carbon pricing; Climate change policies; Health co-benefits; Premature mortality; Renewable portfolio standard; Cost benefit analysis; air quality; alternative energy; atmospheric pollution; carbon emission; climate change; cost-benefit analysis; emission control; emissions trading; energy policy; health impact; mitigation; mortality; 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/154428
作者单位	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute for Data Systems and SocietyMA, United States; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeMA, United States; University of Washington, Department of Civil EngineeringWA, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Dimanchev E.G.,Paltsev S.,Yuan M.,et al. Health co-benefits of sub-national renewable energy policy in the US[J],2019,14(8).
APA	Dimanchev E.G..,Paltsev S..,Yuan M..,Rothenberg D..,Tessum C.W..,...&Selin N.E..(2019).Health co-benefits of sub-national renewable energy policy in the US.Environmental Research Letters,14(8).
MLA	Dimanchev E.G.,et al."Health co-benefits of sub-national renewable energy policy in the US".Environmental Research Letters 14.8(2019).