| Autor: |
Jonathan J Buonocore, Ethan J Hughes, Drew R Michanowicz, Jinhyok Heo, Joseph G Allen, Augusta Williams |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Environmental Research Letters, Vol 14, Iss 11, p 114010 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1748-9326 |
| DOI: |
10.1088/1748-9326/ab49bc |
| Popis: |
The type, size, and location of renewable energy (RE) deployment dramatically affects benefits to climate and health. Here, we develop a ten-region model to assess the magnitude of health and climate benefits across the US We then use this model to assess the benefits of deploying varying capacities of wind, utility-scale solar photovoltaics (PV), and rooftop solar PV in different regions in the US—a total of 284 different scenarios. Total benefits ranged from $2.2 trillion for 3000 MW of wind in the Upper Midwest to $4.2 million for 100 MW of wind in California. Total benefits and highest cost effectiveness for CO _2 reduction were generally highest for RE deployment in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic US and lowest in California. Health was a substantial portion of total benefits in nearly all regions of the US Benefits were sensitive to methane leakage throughout the gas supply chain. |
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