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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112844
	Canada's electricity system transition under alternative policy scenarios
	Arjmand R.; McPherson M.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	163
英文摘要	To meet Canada's emissions reduction targets, governments at the federal and provincial levels have developed climate plans and implemented a series of policies and regulations. Canada's latest climate plan, entitled “A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy” aims to decarbonize various sectors of the economy including the electricity sector. In this paper, we explore the extent to which implementing announced policies and regulations could drive investment in the electricity sector needed to achieve Canada's climate objectives. To do so, we propose a multi-period, optimization-based capacity expansion model specifically designed for the Canadian context entitled COPPER for the “Canadian Opportunities for Planning and Production of Electricity Resources.” We employ COPPER to analyze Canada's electricity system transition under various carbon management policies. Results show that current and announced policies significantly increase renewable energy capacity, which in turn decrease the electricity system emissions by 40 percent in the mid-term. However, in the long-term, more ambitious actions will be required to achieve the emissions reduction targets. Natural gas-powered generation facilities persist at the proposed carbon tax levels, and thus supplementary regulations or policies will be needed to achieve deep decarbonization. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Canada'S electricity system; Capacity expansion; Carbon policies; Generation mix; Greenhouse gas emissions; Renewable energy
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Carbon; Copper; Economics; Electric industry; Emission control; Gas emissions; Greenhouse gases; Investments; Canada'S electricity system; Capacity expansion; Carbon policy; Electricity system; Emission reduction targets; Generation mix; Greenhouse gas emissions; Policy and regulation; Renewable energies; System transitions; Expansion; alternative energy; electricity generation; energy market; energy policy; scenario analysis; Canada
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/256314
作者单位	Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Victoria, Canada
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Arjmand R.,McPherson M.. Canada's electricity system transition under alternative policy scenarios[J],2022,163.
APA	Arjmand R.,&McPherson M..(2022).Canada's electricity system transition under alternative policy scenarios.Energy Policy,163.
MLA	Arjmand R.,et al."Canada's electricity system transition under alternative policy scenarios".Energy Policy 163(2022).