Future carbon regulations and current in
Future carbon regulations and current investments in alternative coal-fired power plant technologies
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Ram C. Sekar; John E. Parsons; Howard J. Herzog; Henry D. Jacoby
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Article
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2007
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Elsevier Science
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English
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We analyze how uncertain future US carbon regulations shape the current choice of the type of power plant to build. Our focus is on two coal-fired technologies, pulverized coal (PC) and integrated coal gasification combined cycle technology (IGCC). The PC technology is cheapest-assuming there is no