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
Future economy of electric power generated by nuclear and coal-fired power plants
โ Scribed by Mynor King; Charles C.T. Yang
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 915 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1751-4223
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