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Delivering a Low Carbon Electricity System: Technologies, Economics and Policy

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    9780521888844

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    0521888840

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-09-01
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

Meeting targets aimed at tackling the climate change challenge requires moving towards a low-carbon economy. These targets can only be met with major reductions in carbon emissions from the electricity sector. Written by a team of leading academics and industry experts, Delivering a Low Carbon Electricity System analyses the social, technological, economic and political issues that affect the attempt to create a low-carbon electricity sector and assesses the main instruments for achieving this aim. The book begins by looking at how low-carbon generation technologies might be added in sufficient quantity to the electricity system. Next, it examines how networks and the demand side can help to decarbonise the sector. It then highlights the role of innovation and discusses instruments for promoting technological progress. Finally, given the economic framework and technological possibilities, it presents a number of general and specific policy instruments and options for the future.

Table of Contents

List of figuresp. viii
List of tablesp. xii
List of contributorsp. xv
Forewordp. xviii
Acknowledgementsp. xx
A low-carbon electricity sector for the UK: issues and optionsp. 1
The Fundamentalsp. 29
Calculating the social cost of carbonp. 31
Technologies for a low-carbon electricity system: an assessment of the UK's issues and optionsp. 64
The benefits of fuel mix diversityp. 100
Variability and renewablesp. 133
Implications of intermittency and transmission constraints for renewables deploymentp. 157
Incentives and the Demand Side: Demand-Side Management and System Requirementsp. 181
Electricity network investment and regulation for a low-carbon futurep. 183
Domestic electricity consumption and demand-side participation: opportunities and challenges for the UK power systemp. 207
Enhancing the efficient use of electricity in the business and public sectorsp. 229
Investment, Price and Innovationp. 257
Will the market choose the right technologies?p. 259
Pricing carbon for electricity generation: national and international dimensionsp. 278
Learning curves for energy technologies: a critical assessmentp. 314
Accelerating innovation and strategic deployment in UK electricity: applications to renewable energyp. 333
Scenarios, Options and Public Attitudesp. 361
Scenarios of the electricity industry in Great Britain in 2020: networks, generation and decarbonisationp. 363
Modelling the economic impact of low-carbon electricityp. 394
Bridging technologies: can carbon capture and storage offer a bridge to a sustainable energy future in the UK?p. 414
Reconsidering public acceptance of renewable energy technologies: a critical reviewp. 443
A low-carbon electricity sector for the UK: what can be done and how much will it cost?p. 462
Indexp. 498
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