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DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ab7667 |
The global climate value of offshore wind energy | |
Cranmer, Alexana1; Baker, Erin2 | |
2020-05-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
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ISSN | 1748-9326 |
出版年 | 2020 |
卷号 | 15期号:5 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | We estimate the climate value of offshore wind energy with a highly flexible, forward-looking method that estimates the value in a consistent manner under a range of policies, including carbon caps and taxes. Backward looking methods measure the damages avoided due to emissions reductions attributed to renewable energy under an existing policy structure. Under a carbon cap, however, the climate value of offshore wind energy comes entirely from reducing the cost of meeting the cap. Our method for estimating the prospective climate value compares both climate damages and abatement costs in cases with and without offshore wind energy. This climate value can be compared to the costs of reducing barriers to new technologies, such as streamlining approval processes. The climate value depends on the cost of offshore wind technology, the climate policy under consideration, the severity of damages from climate change, and the discount rate. In the absence of a binding climate policy, the climate value of offshore wind energy ranges from $246 billion to $2.5 trillion under central assumptions about damages and discount rate, and can reach over $30 trillion under certain assumptions (low discount rate, high damages, low technology costs). The value of technical change-of moving from the highest cost to lowest cost assumptions about the technology-is estimated to be $300 billion even under the most unfavorable assumptions, dwarfing worldwide R&D investment in all wind energy technology. Using this method, we find that new low carbon technologies can provide a hedge against uncertainty and error in climate policies. |
英文关键词 | offshore wind climate change integrated assessment abatement |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000529890800001 |
WOS关键词 | RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT ; RENEWABLE ENERGY ; POWER ; TECHNOLOGY ; BENEFITS ; COST ; PROJECTIONS ; ASSUMPTIONS ; GENERATION ; PORTFOLIO |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/279312 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Bentley Univ, Nat & Appl Sci, 175 Forest St, Waltham, MA 02452 USA; 2.Univ Massachusetts, Mech & Ind Engn, 160 Governors Dr, Amherst, MA 01003 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Cranmer, Alexana,Baker, Erin. The global climate value of offshore wind energy[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2020,15(5). |
APA | Cranmer, Alexana,&Baker, Erin.(2020).The global climate value of offshore wind energy.ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,15(5). |
MLA | Cranmer, Alexana,et al."The global climate value of offshore wind energy".ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS 15.5(2020). |
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