Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions from Wind Energy: Location, Location, Location?
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چکیده
Increased deployment of intermittent renewable energy resources wind energy in particular has the potential to deliver cost e¤ective GHG emissions in the near term. Accurate quanti cation of the environmental bene ts from these resources has an important role to play in policy design, implementation, and evaluation. This paper develops an empirical approach to estimating marginal operating emissions impacts of new grid connected resources that captures both spatial and temporal variation in (and correlation between) marginal emissions rates and energy resource pro les. Using hourly data from mesoscale climate modeling of wind sites in New England and New York as an example, we demonstrate our methodological approach and explore the policy implications of our ndings.
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