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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112844
	Canada's electricity system transition under alternative policy scenarios
	Arjmand, Reza; McPherson, Madeleine
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0301-4215
EISSN	1873-6777
卷号	163 页码:15
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.
英文关键词	Capacity expansion; Canada'S electricity system; Greenhouse gas emissions; Generation mix; Renewable energy; Carbon policies
学科领域	Economics; Energy & Fuels; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Business & Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS记录号	WOS:000773503000006
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/272295
作者单位	University of Victoria
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Arjmand, Reza,McPherson, Madeleine. Canada's electricity system transition under alternative policy scenarios[J],2022,163:15.
APA	Arjmand, Reza,&McPherson, Madeleine.(2022).Canada's electricity system transition under alternative policy scenarios.ENERGY POLICY,163,15.
MLA	Arjmand, Reza,et al."Canada's electricity system transition under alternative policy scenarios".ENERGY POLICY 163(2022):15.