Health benefits, ecological threats of low-carbon electricity

Evidence from International Low-carbon Electricity Systems

This paper presents analysis on those countries that generate more than 70% of their electricity from low-carbon sources, with a focus on how investment in low-carbon electricity capacity in these countries was delivered.

Protecting human and ecological health under viral threats in Asia.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbroke in 2003, and the avian influenza A (H5N1) also outbroke in 2003 and continued to 2004. These pandemic viral diseases originated in South East Asia. Many human and animal lives were lost. Economic damages due to the pandemics were also very large. The question arises of why did the pandemics originate from South East Asian areas. Human influenza ...

Electricity Market Design for a Low-carbon Future

P E Baker, Prof: C Mitchell and Dr B Woodman October 2010 T H E U K E N E R G Y R E S E A R C H C E N T R E The UK Energy Research Centre carries out world-class research into sustainable future energy systems. It is the hub of UK energy research and the gateway between the UK and the international energy research communities. Our interdisciplinary, whole systems research informs UK policy deve...

Electricity Network Investment and Regulation for a Low Carbon Future

The requirement for significantly higher electricity network investment in the UK seems certain as the capacity of distributed generation and large scale renewables increases on the system. In this paper, which forms a chapter in the forthcoming Book “Delivering a Low Carbon Electricity System: Technologies, Economics and Policy” 2 , the authors make a number of significant suggestions for impr...

Assessing “Gas Transition” pathways to low carbon electricity